What did the International Court of Justice say to Israel on the ongoing Israeli attack in Gaza?

Friday, January 26, 2024

The International Court of Justice has issued an order on Friday, January 26, 2024, against Israel on charges of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

South Africa last year filed an appeal against Israel in the International Court of Justice on 29 December 2023.

Hearing on this matter was going on for the last few days.

On Friday, January 26, 2024, the ICJ issued its order in this case.

The International Court of Justice has said in its interim order that Israel should make every possible effort to protect Palestinians from harm in this conflict.

The International Court of Justice has said that Israel should ensure that the Israeli army does not carry out activities that amount to genocide.

The International Court of Justice has said that Israel should stop any public statement that amounts to incitement to genocide in Gaza and decide on its punishment.

South Africa expressed happiness over the decision of the International Court of Justice, what did Israel say?

South African lawyers have expressed happiness over this decision from the International Court of Justice.

South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor has said that "I wanted the order to include the word pause." But I am satisfied with the guidelines given.

A journalist asked Naledi Pandor of South Africa whether she expected Israel to comply with the order.

On this Naledi Pandor said that she never expected that this would be possible.

At the same time, Mark Regev, top advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, has said that South Africa did not succeed in achieving its objectives.

According to BBC International Editor Jeremy Wobben, what the judge said is a victory for South African lawyers and a defeat for Israel.

Jeremy Wobben has written - 'The judge did not say that you have to cease fire because under International Humanitarian Law, war is legally acceptable in the right circumstances and in the right legal framework. But what the judge has said means that under these guidelines Israel will have to make major changes in the way it fights wars.'

According to news agency Reuters, Palestinian Minister of the Palestinian Authority, which rules the West Bank, Riyad al-Maliki has expressed happiness over this decision.

Riyad al-Maliki has said that the ICJ judges, after examining the law and the facts, have ruled in favor of international law and humanity.

What allegations did South Africa make against Israel?

South Africa, in its 84-page appeal filed at the ICJ, said Israel's actions were genocidal in nature as their intention was to cause the maximum destruction of the Palestinian people in Gaza.

It said acts of genocide include killing, inflicting serious mental and physical harm on the Palestinian people, and creating conditions aimed at "their collective destruction."

According to the appeal filed in the ICJ, the intentions of genocide are also reflected in the statements of Israeli officials.

According to Juliet M., a law lecturer at the University of South Australia, South Africa's petition was 'very comprehensive' and 'very carefully written'.

What is genocide?

This term was coined in 1943 by the Jewish Polish lawyer Raphael Lemkin. He linked the Greek word jenos, meaning race or clan, with the Latin word cid (kill).

Witnessing the brutality of the mass genocide of Jews during World War II, Dr Lemkin campaigned to criminalize genocide under international law.

Every member of Dr. Lemkin's family except his brother died in the Holocaust.

Due to the efforts of Dr. Lemkin, the United Nations Genocide Convention was accepted in December 1948, which came into force in January 1951.

Article 2 of the United Nations Genocide Convention defines genocide as any act committed with intent to destroy, in part or in whole, a national, racial, cultural or religious group.

- Killing members of a group.
- Causing serious physical and mental harm to members of a group.
- Deliberately forcing a group to live in such conditions that cause their partial or total physical harm.
- Taking such steps whose purpose is to prevent the birth of children in a group.
-Forcibly sending children from one group to another group.
- All member states that have signed the Convention have a common responsibility to prevent genocide from occurring and to punish those who commit it.

(Click here for Android APP of IBTN. You can follow us on facebook and Twitter)

Share This News

About sharing