South Africa called on the United Nations’ International Court of Justice to order Israel to end its war on Hamas in the Palestinian territory of Gaza and rule that its military actions constitute genocide.
“Genocide is never declared in advance,” but the court should have enough evidence from the weeks of the campaign, Adila Hassim, a lawyer representing South Africa, said at a hearing in The Hague on Thursday. “Nothing will stop the suffering except an order from this court.”
The Hague-based tribunal’s judgments are binding with no right of appeal. Under the UN Charter, Israel — in case of an adverse ruling — has to do whatever the court rules, but there is no mechanism to enforce any such order and other countries have chosen to ignore, notably Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
The allegations relate to the number of Palestinians killed or displaced during the three-month conflict, which was triggered when Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, killing about 1,200 people.
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