In December 2023, South Africa instituted proceedings against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Genocide Convention). To date, ten third-party interventions have been submitted in the case. Eight states—Bolivia, Chile, Turkey, Spain, Mexico, Libya, Colombia, and the Maldives—have filed declarations of intervention under Article 63 of the ICJ Statute as state parties to the Genocide Convention. Nicaragua has requested permission to intervene under Article 62, asserting a legal interest which may be affected by the ICJ’s decision. Palestine, having acceded to the Genocide Convention in April 2014, has sought to intervene under both articles. As both Articles 62 and 63 provide for interventions by ‘states’, Palestine’s requests (particularly under Article 62), may raise the question of whether it qualifies as a ‘state’ for the purposes of the ICJ Statute—as an antecendent determination for the acceptance of its intervention requests.
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Conflicto en Oriente Próximo, en directo | Israel anuncia el bombardeo inminente de las sedes de la red financiera de Hezbolá en Líbano | Internacional – Go Health Pro
Qué ha pasado en las últimas horas Estas son las principales noticias del día en la guerra en Oriente Próximo a las 21.00 de este sábado 19 de octubre: 33 muertos y decenas de heridos en Yabalia. Al menos 33 personas han muerto y 85 han resultado heridas en ataques israelíes esta madrugada contra el campo de refugiados … Read more
Israel carries out dozens of strikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon – Go Health Pro
This picture taken from Lebanon’s southern city of Tyre shows a smoke plume erupting following an Israeli air strike on the village of Tayrdebba on October 16, 2024. KAWNAT HAJU / AFP Israel carried out dozens of strikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon on Wednesday, October 16, killing a city mayor, toppling buildings and causing … Read more
More Details on Israel Sabotaging Hezbollah Pagers and Walkie-Talkies – Go Health Pro
More Details on Israel Sabotaging Hezbollah Pagers and Walkie-Talkies The Washington Post has a long and detailed story about the operation that’s well worth reading (alternate version here). The sales pitch came from a marketing official trusted by Hezbollah with links to Apollo. The marketing official, a woman whose identity and nationality officials declined to … Read more
The Choice in Palestine v Israel – EJIL: Speak! – Go Well being Professional
On 22 August 2024, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD/the Committee) revealed the report of the advert hoc Conciliation Fee (the Fee) in Palestine v Israel. This marks the ultimate stage of the inter-State communications process initiated by Palestine in April 2018 beneath Article 11 of the Worldwide Conference on the Elimination of All Types of Racial Discrimination (ICERD), and the primary inter-State case to be accomplished earlier than a UN human rights treaty physique. The choice, nevertheless, should be thought of a missed alternative to have interaction intimately with Palestine’s arguments, notably on Article 3 and apartheid. This put up will think about the shortcomings within the determination and replicate on the place CERD may go from right here in relation to the scenario within the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT).
First, simply to notice the excellence between CERD and the Fee as set out in ICERD’s inter-State communications mechanism. Below Article 11, CERD decides on preliminary questions of jurisdiction and admissibility. If the case progresses, an advert hoc Conciliation Fee comprising 5 individuals is appointed and tasked with analyzing the problems of substance. As mentioned beforehand on this weblog, if the events to the dispute agree, then the Fee could be composed of any particular person (with some minor restrictions) together with exterior members. If not, the Fee is elected from amongst CERD members. In Palestine v Israel, there was no settlement between the events and so the Fee is comprised totally of CERD members. However it isn’t per se a CERD determination, somewhat a call of the Fee that’s then communicated (i.e. revealed) by CERD.
