By Ruzeki, Shadow News
January 11, 2024
On Thursday, a legal hearing into the war in Gaza opens in The Hague as the international court of justice (ICJ) hears arguments alleging that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, Palestine.
South Africa, which has brought the case, is asking the UN top court to act urgently “to protect against further, severe and irreparable harm to the rights of the Palestinian people under the genocide convention, which continues to be violated with impunity”.
South Africa legal team's Adila Hassim @CIJ_ICJ: “Genocides are never declared in advance, but this court has the benefit of the past 13 weeks of evidence that shows incontrovertibly a pattern of conduct & related intention that justifies a plausible claim of genocidal acts.” pic.twitter.com/7wEx3PlyfT
— UN News (@UN_News_Centre) January 11, 2024
In its 84-page written application to the ICJ to open proceedings, South Africa said:
The acts and omissions by Israel complained of by South Africa are genocidal in character because they are intended to bring about the destruction of a substantial part of the Palestinian national, racial and ethnical group.
Genocide cases can take years to resolve, but South Africa is asking the court to speedily implement “provisional measures” and “order Israel to cease killing and causing serious mental and bodily harm to Palestinian people in Gaza”.
The filing also says Israel should cease deliberately inflicting conditions calculated to bring about the destruction of the Palestinians as a group, be ordered to prevent and punish incitement to genocide, and halt restrictions on aid as well as evacuation directives.
Belgium’s deputy prime minister, Petra De Sutter, said that she wanted her country “to take action at the International Court of Justice, following the lead of South Africa”.
Belgium cannot stand by and watch the immense human suffering in Gaza. We must act against the threat of genocide.
— Petra De Sutter (@pdsutter) January 9, 2024
I want Belgium to take action at the International Court of Justice, following the lead of South Africa.
I will propose this within the Belgian government. #begov
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