ICJ: Ireland Intervenes in South Africa’s Genocide Case against Israel

The International Court of Justice successful The Hague. (Photo: Lybil BER, via Wikimedia Commons)

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

Ireland has officially intervened successful South Africa’s genocide lawsuit against Israel, asserting its stance connected the violations of the Genocide Convention related to Gaza.

Ireland has submitted a declaration to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to articulation South Africa’s genocide lawsuit against Israel, the tribunal announced connected Tuesday.

“Ireland, invoking Article 63 of the Statute of the Court, filed successful the Registry of the Court a declaration of involution successful the lawsuit concerning Application of the Convention connected the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide successful the Gaza Strip,” the ICJ said successful a statement.

Irish Foreign Minister Micheál Martin had antecedently announced that Ireland would articulation the lawsuit aft receiving authorities support to bash truthful nether the Genocide Convention.

Article 63 allows immoderate authorities enactment to a normal presently nether judicial information the close to intervene, meaning the ICJ’s mentation of the normal volition besides beryllium binding connected those states.

In December 2023, South Africa filed a lawsuit against Israel, alleging violations of the Genocide Convention regarding Palestinians successful the Gaza Strip. Since then, respective countries, including Nicaragua, Colombia, Libya, Mexico, Palestine, Spain, and Türkiye, person joined the case.

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‘Collective Punishment’

Ireland confirmed its determination to intervene successful the lawsuit connected December 12, pursuing the support of its government.

“There has been a corporate punishment of the Palestinian radical done the intent and interaction of subject actions of Israel successful Gaza, leaving 44,000 dormant and millions of civilians displaced,” Foreign Minister Micheál Martin said connected Wednesday.

“By legally intervening successful South Africa’s case, Ireland volition beryllium asking the ICJ to broaden its mentation of what constitutes the committee of genocide by a State,” Martin noted.

He stated that Ireland was “concerned that a precise constrictive mentation of what constitutes genocide leads to a civilization of impunity successful which the extortion of civilians is minimized.”

“Ireland’s presumption of the Convention is broader and prioritizes the extortion of civilian beingness – arsenic a committed protagonist of the Convention, the Government volition beforehand that mentation successful its involution successful this case,” Martin continued.

Dublin’s ‘Consistency’

The Irish furniture besides approved involution successful The Gambia’s lawsuit against Myanmar nether the aforesaid Convention.

Martin said intervening successful some cases “demonstrates the consistency of Ireland’s attack to the mentation and exertion of the Genocide Convention.”

‘Barbaric War’

The lawsuit accusing Israel of genocide was brought by South Africa Israel successful December past twelvemonth and culminated successful the filing of the memorial astatine the UN’s highest tribunal successful The Hague successful October.

South Africa’s presidency said successful a connection that the memorial “contains grounds which shows however the authorities of Israel has violated the genocide normal by promoting the demolition of Palestinians surviving successful Gaza.”

President Cyril Ramaphosa said successful an code to the Algerian parliament past week that Israel’s “barbaric war” against the radical of Gaza indispensable extremity “and we request that it should extremity now.”

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Ongoing Genocide

The ongoing Israeli battle connected the Gaza Strip, which began connected October 7, 2023, has led to a humanitarian situation of unprecedented scale. As the decease toll among besieged and starved Palestinian civilians continues to emergence daily, Israel is presently facing charges of genocide against Palestinians earlier the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, astatine slightest 45,854 Palestinians person been killed, and 109,139 wounded successful Israel’s ongoing genocide successful Gaza starting connected October 7, 2023.

The toll is expected to emergence further, with astatine slightest 11,000 radical inactive unaccounted for, presumed dormant nether the rubble of their homes crossed Gaza.

The war, which Palestinians telephone “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood,” began aft a subject cognition carried retired by Hamas connected Israeli territory. Israel reports that 1,139 of its soldiers and civilians were killed during the archetypal onslaught connected October 7. However, Israeli media person raised concerns that a important fig of Israeli casualties were caused by ‘friendly fire’ during the assault.

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Human rights organizations, some Palestinian and international, person reported that the overwhelming bulk of the casualties successful Gaza are women and children. The ongoing unit has besides exacerbated an acute famine, with thousands of children among the dead, highlighting the severity of the humanitarian disaster.

The warfare has displaced astir 2 cardinal radical from their homes crossed Gaza, with the bulk of the displaced forced into the already overcrowded confederate portion of the Strip. The colonisation successful Gaza remains trapped successful the ongoing conflict, with small entree to basal necessities specified arsenic food, water, and aesculapian care.

(PC, Anadolu)