The conflict in Gaza has, once again, drawn attention to the long-running and unresolved Israel-Palestine conflict that continues to raise many questions of international law. On 29 December 2023, the South African Government instituted proceedings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against the State of Israel under the 1948 Genocide Convention, and requested provisional measures, which the Court issued on 26 January 2024. In February 2024, 52 States and three international organisations participated in the advisory opinion proceedings at the ICJ on the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, following a request from the United Nations General Assembly in December 2022. Then, in March 2024, Nicaragua filed an Application instituting Proceedings against Germany for violating international law through its support of Israel’s armed activities in the Gaza Strip and its defunding of UNRWA.
In this event, convened over two panels, international legal scholars and human rights lawyers will address these two cases and the advisory opinion, and what we might expect from the ICJ, and other international and domestic courts, going forward. The event will feature a keynote address given by Yasmine Ahmed, UK Director of Human Rights Watch.
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