Iceland, Netherlands join South Africa’s ICJ case against Israeli genocide in Gaza
Iceland and the Netherlands have filed declarations to intervene in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the United Nations’ highest court.
The move by the two European countries took place on Thursday, bringing to 18 the number of countries seeking to participate in the proceedings.
Colombia, Libya, Mexico, Palestine, Spain, Turkey, Chile, the Maldives, Bolivia, Ireland, Cuba, Belize, Brazil, the Comoros, Belgium and Paraguay have already joined the case.
South Africa lodged the case with the ICJ in December 2023, saying Israel is violating the 1948 Genocide Convention through its bombing campaign on the Gaza Strip.
In January 2024, the court ordered the occupying regime to take all necessary measures to stop any genocide against Palestinians and allow humanitarian aid into Gaza, but Israel has kept ignoring the ruling.
In its declaration, Iceland said the ICJ should consider whether actions such as deprivation of food, shelter or medical care could constitute conditions of life intended to destroy a protected group.
It also emphasized the particular vulnerability of children in assessing serious bodily or mental harm.
Meanwhile, the Netherlands said in its filing that forced displacement and the withholding of humanitarian aid could, depending on the circumstances, contribute to acts prohibited under the Genocide Convention.
The Palestinian Hamas resistance group welcomed the move by the two European countries, describing it as an important step towards strengthening the principle of international justice.
It further called on all countries to support the lawsuits brought against Israel and its officials in international tribunals.
Israel launched its genocidal war on Gaza on October 7, 2023, but it agreed to a ceasefire two years later after failing to achieve its objectives.
Since then, however, Israel has been violating the truce, killing more than 72,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, during the war and after it.
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