The Republic of South Africa files an Application with the International Court of Justice against Israel under the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
The Government of the Republic of South Africa filed its application with the International Court of Justice instituting proceedings in the name of the Republic of South Africa (“South Africa”) against the State of Israel (“Israel”). The Application includes a request that the Court indicate provisional measures to protect the rights invoked herein from imminent and irreparable loss. It concerns acts threatened, adopted, condoned, taken, and being taken by the Government and military of the State of Israel against the Palestinian people, a distinct national, racial, and ethnical group, in the wake of the attacks in Israel on 7 October 2023.