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State Department Arabic language spokesperson Hala Rharrit resigns
“We are not authorized to send military equipment, weapons to countries that commit human rights abuses. ICJ has determined plausible genocide, yet we are still sending billions upon billions of not just defensive weaponry, but offensive weaponry. It is tantamount to a violation of domestic law. Many diplomats know it. Many diplomats are scared to say it.”
ICJ delivers order for provisional measures submitted by Nicaragua in its genocide case against Germany
“The Court finds that the circumstances do not require the exercise of its power to indicate provisional measures.”
VIDEO: Alleged Breaches of Certain International Obligations in respect of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Nicaragua v. Germany)
ICJ sets late-2024, mid-2025 dates for final statements in South Africa’s Israel genocide case
Today, the ICJ announced dates for South Africa and Israel to offer closing statements.
VIDEOS: Public hearings on the request for the indication of provisional measures against Germany submitted by Nicaragua
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, holds public hearings on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by Nicaragua in the case Nicaragua v. Germany on 8 and 9 April 2024, at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the seat of the Court. Session held under the presidency of Judge Nawaf Salam, President of the Court.
Colombia joins South Africa’s genocide case at the ICJ
THE HAGUE, 5 April 2024. Today, Colombia, invoking Article 63 of the Statute of the Court, filed in the Registry of the Court a declaration of intervention in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel).
Inside Al-Shifa Hospital after IDF pullout: Total destruction of medical facilities & supplies; zip-tied corpses offer evidence of executions; eyewitnesses say IDF bulldozers buried corpses
Overviews of destruction and eyewitness reports.
