On 1 Mar 2024, Nicaragua filed an application instituting proceedings against Germany before the International Court of Justice alleging violations of the Genocide Convention. Nicaragua claims that by providing political, financial and military support to Israel and by defunding the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), “Germany is facilitating the commission of genocide and, in any case has failed in its obligation to do everything possible to prevent the commission of genocide”. The application requests provisional measures.
- Nicaraguan application (1 Mar 2024)
- ICJ press release – English French (1 Mar 2024)
- Times of Israel, Nicaragua files case at World Court accusing Germany of aiding Israel’s ‘genocide’ (1 Mar 2024)
Hearings on Nicaragua’s request for provisional measures were held on April 8 and 9, 2024.
- Verbatim Record – Nicaragua (8 Apr 2024)
- Verbatim Record – Germany (9 Apr 2024)
- Court’s Press Release at the Conclusion of the Hearings (9 Apr 2024)
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The Court issued its ruling on the request for provisional measures on 30 Apr 2024.
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- Press Release – English French
- The Court’s Summary – English French
- The Court’s Order declining to indicate provisional measures (30 Apr 2024) – English French
- Separate opinion of Vice-President Sebutinde
- Separate opinion of Judge Iwasawa
- Declaration of Judge Cleveland
- Declaration of Judge Tladi
- Dissenting opinion of Judge ad hoc Al-Khasawneh
- Delivery of the Court’s Order – Audio UN Web TV
Commentary, Analysis, Context
- Elad Benari, Germany at ICJ: Israel’s security is at the core of our foreign policy, Arutz Sheva (10 Apr 2024)
- Brian Cox, Evaluating Security Assistance to Israel Following ICJ Provisional Measures Order, EJIL Talk (7 Mar 2024)
- Michaela Lissowsky, Nicaragua vs. Germany: a political red herring, Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (3 Mar 2024)
Essays commenting on the ICJ South Africa case that have relevance to the Nicaragua case:
- Michael Starr, Top US Nazi hunter tells ‘Post’: Israel is obligated to stop Hamas’s genocide, Jerusalem Post (17 May 2024)
- Eugenio Carli, On State Responsibility for Complicity in Genocide: Will South Africa’s “All-In Strategy” Be Effective? EJIL Talk (5 Mar 2024)
- Orde F. Kittrie, The ICJ’s New Chief Judge Has a History of Bias Against Israel, WSJ (19 Feb 2024)
- Yussef Al Tamimi, Implications of the ICJ Order (South Africa v. Israel) for Third States, EJIL Talk (6 Feb 2024)
- Jinan Bastaki, The ICJ’s Provisional Orders Measures and the Responsibility of Third States, OpinioJuris (5 Feb 2024)
