- Initiation of the Case
- Hearings on the Application
- The Court’s Ruling
- Subsequent Requests for Additional Measures
- Intervention by Other States
- Legal Background
- Commentary, Analysis, Context
On December 29 2023, South Africa filed an application instituting proceedings against Israel before the International Court of Justice alleging violations in Gaza by Israel under the Genocide Convention. Following the Court’s 26 Jan 2024 ruling on provisional measures, Nicaragua, on 1 Mar 2024, commenced a separate ICJ case against Germany, also alleging violations of the Genocide Convention concerning Germany’s support of Israel’s military action against Hamas in Gaza.
- South African application (28 Dec 2023)
- ICJ press release – English French (29 Dec 2023)
- Elad Benari, South Africa urges ICJ to probe Israel for genocide, Arutz Sheva (29 Dec. 2023)
- Elad Benari, Israel to defend itself against South Africa’s case, Arutz Sheva (2 Jan 2024)
Hearings were held by the Court on 11 and 12 Jan 2024 to consider South Africa’s application for provisional measures [Video and audio recordings are on this website and can be downloaded. In addition, there are links to UN Web TV].
- Verbatim Record – South Africa (11 Jan 2024)
- Verbatim Record – Israel (12 Jan 2024)
- Court’s Press Release at Conclusion of Hearing (12 Jan 2024)
English French
The Court issued its ruling on the request for provisional measures on 26 Jan 2024.
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- Press Release – English French
- The Court’s Summary – English French
- The Court’s Order directing certain provisional measures (26 Jan 2024) – English French
- Declaration of Judge Xue
- Dissenting opinion of Judge Sebutinde
- Declaration of Judge Bhandari
- Declaration of Judge Nolte
- Separate opinion of Judge ad hoc Barak
- Delivery of the Court’s Order – Video Audio UN Web TV
Subsequent Requests for Additional Measures
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- South Africa files request for additional measures (12 Feb 2024) – English French
- Israel’s observations on the request (15 Feb 2024) – English
- The Court’s Press Release reporting the decision rejecting the request (16 Feb 2024) – English French
- Israel submits report on war, Arutz Sheva (26 Feb 2024)
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- South Africa files renewed request for additional measures (6 Mar 2024) – English French
- Israel’s observations on the renewed request (15 Mar 2024) – English French
- The Court’s Order indicating additional measures (28 Mar 2024) – English French
- The Court’s Press Release on the additional measures (28 Mar 2024) – English French
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- South Africa files third request for additional or modification of measures (10 May 2024) – English
- Hearings held by the Court on the new request
- Verbatim Record – South Africa (16 May 2024)
- Full Presentation (2 hrs. 17 mins.) – Audio UN Web TV
- Verbatim Record – Israel (17 May 2024)
- Full Presentation (1 hr. 25 mins.) – Audio UN Web TV
- The Court’s Press Release on the renewed request (17 May 2024) – English French
- Israel’s response to the question posed by Judge Nolte (18 May 2024)
- South Africa’s comments on Israel’s response to Judge Nolte (20 May 2024)
- Verbatim Record – South Africa (16 May 2024)
- The Court’s Press Release on the order on additional measures (24 May 2024) – English French
- The Court’s Summary – English French
- The Court’s Order directing additional provisional measures (24 May 2024) – English French
- Delivery of the Court’s Order – Audio UN Web TV
- Comment and Discussion on the Court’s Order
- Statement on the decision by Israel’s Foreign Ministry (24 May 2024)
- Jerusalem Post, ‘Rafah op. doesn’t contradict ICJ ruling, we will continue’ (26 May 2024)
- Arsen Ostrovsky, Bias – ICJ President called Israel an apartheid state in 2016 (24 May 2024)
- UKLFI, ICJ did not order Israel to cease military operation unconditionally in Rafah (24 May 2024)
- CAMERA, Fact Checking the ICJ: An Order Based in Omissions and Deceptions (24 May 2024)
- Amb. Alan Baker, Webinar: The Hague International Courts: What, Why and What Can Be Done About It? (3 Jun 2024) Audio YouTube
- Maurice Hirsch, The Insidious Anti-Israel Agenda of the International Court of Justice (5 Jun 2024)
- South Africa files request for additional measures (12 Feb 2024) – English French
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- Nicaragua – Request for Permission to Intervene (8 Feb 2024)
- Colombia – Declaration of Intervention (5 Apr 2024) – English
- Libya – Declaration of Intervention (10 May 2024) – English
- Mexico – Declaration of Intervention (24 May 2024 – English
- Palestinian Authority – Request for Permission to Intervene (3 Jun 2024) – English
- Spain – Declaration of Intervention (28 Jun 2024) – English
- Turkey – Declaration of Intervention (7 Aug 2024) – English
- The Genocide Convention
- The ICJ – Background, Basic Texts, Resources
- The ICJ and the Genocide Convention
- Eli M. Rosenbaum, The big lie of genocide & Gaza: Seven experts on Nazi genocide expose the canard of Israeli ‘crimes’, NY Daily News (11 Aug 2024)
- UN Watch, Record of Bias: The Case of ICJ President Nawaf Salam (18 Jul 2024)
- Jerusalem Post, Aharon Barak resigns from Hague panel (6 Jun 2024)
- Maurice Hirsch, The Insidious Anti-Israel Agenda of the International Court of Justice (5 Jun 2024)
- Amb. Alan Baker, Webinar: The Hague International Courts: What, Why and What Can Be Done About It? (3 Jun 2024) Audio YouTube
- Robbie Sabel, The International Court of Justice and Genocide, Justice, vol. 71, p. 22 (Spring 2024)
- Steven E. Zipperstein, The Legal War Against Israel at the International Court of Justice, Justice, vol. 71, p. 12 (Spring 2024)
- Richard D. Heideman, Joseph H. Tipograph, South Africa’s ICJ Genocide Case Against Israel, Justice, vol. 71, p. 29 (Spring 2024)
- Melanie Phillips, Brothers-in-harm (27 May 2024)
- Joshua Rozenberg, Punctuated with Doubt (27 May 2024)
- Jerusalem Post, ‘Rafah op. doesn’t contradict ICJ ruling, we will continue’ (26 May 2024)
- Statement on the decision by Israel’s Foreign Ministry (24 May 2024)
- Arsen Ostrovsky, Bias – ICJ President called Israel an apartheid state in 2016 (24 May 2024)
- UKLFI, ICJ did not order Israel to cease military operation unconditionally in Rafah (24 May 2024)
- CAMERA, Fact Checking the ICJ: An Order Based in Omissions and Deceptions (24 May 2024)
- Michael Starr, Top US Nazi hunter tells ‘Post’: Israel is obligated to stop Hamas’s genocide, Jerusalem Post (17 May 2024)
- UK Lawyers for Israel, ICJ President confirms it did not find there is a plausible case that Israel is committing genocide (26 Apr 2024)
- Jack Elbaum, Former ICJ President Says World Court Did Not Rule Genocide Claim Against Israel Is ‘Plausible’, Algemeiner (26 Apr 2024)
- Chimène Keitner, The ICJ’s Modified Provisional Measures Order in South Africa v. Israel, Lawfare (2 Apr 2024)
- Brian Cox, Evaluating Security Assistance to Israel Following ICJ Provisional Measures Order, EJIL Talk (7 Mar 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)
- Isaac Herzog, The Case Against Israel Rests on Lies, WSJ (11 Feb 2024)
- Rosalie Abella, The genocide case against Israel is an abuse of the postwar legal order (7 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)
- Pearce Clancy, Erga Omnes Partes Standing after South Africa v Israel, EJIL Talk (1 Feb 2024)
- Jan-Phillip Graf, Erga Omnes Partes Standing after South Africa v Israel, EJIL Talk (1 Feb 2024)
- Adam Oler, Hamas’ Lawfare Disaster (29 Jan 2024)
- Raymond Wacks, High Noon at the Hague: South Africa vs Israel, (29 Jan 2024)
- Eugene Kontorovich, Israel can limit the ICJ’s damage, Israel Hayom (28 Jan 2024)
- Alan M. Dershowitz, Civilian Deaths in Gaza: Relatively Low, Gatestone Institute (28 Jan 2024)
- The New Arab, Court-ing controversy: Uganda casts off judge who backed Israel in ICJ Gaza genocide case (27 Jan 2024)
- Al Jazeera, World reacts to ICJ interim ruling in Gaza genocide case against Israel (26 Jan 2024)
- J7 Task Force Statement on the ICJ Preliminary Ruling on Israel (26 Jan 2024)
- Marko Milanovic, ICJ Indicates Provisional Measures in South Africa v. Israel, EJIL Talk (26 Jan 2024)
- Milena Sterio, The ICJ’s Provisional Measures Order in the South Africa v. Israel Case: Unsurprising; Politically and Legally Significant, OpinioJuris (26 Jan 2024)
- US Congress, Letter to Anthony Blinken (23 Jan 2024)
- Arthur Lenk, South Africa and the Claim Israel Is Committing Genocide, INSS (18 Jan 2024)
- Professor Avi Bell interviewed by Caroline Glick (14 Jan 2024)
Video (YouTube) Audio - Int’l. Assn. of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, If Everything is Genocide, Nothing is Genocide (8 Jan 2024)
- Jesse Lempel, Why the ICJ Cannot Order Israel to Stop the War in Gaza as a Provisional Measure, EJIL Talk (8 Jan 2024)
- UKLFI, Is Israel Guilty of Genocide? – A discussion of Raz Segal’s claim (3 Dec 2023)
