THE HAGUE | Xinhua | The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced on Tuesday that its president, judge Nawaf Salam, has resigned following his appointment as Lebanon’s prime minister. Salam, who assumed the ICJ presidency in 2024, officially stepped down as a member of the court effective immediately, the …
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Can it support Palestine while supplying Israel with coal? ANALYSIS | SURAYA DADOO | Despite having taken Israel to the International Court of Justice over genocide, South Africa is now the country’s main coal supplier after Russia. Since 1994, South Africa’s criticism of Israel’s occupation of Palestine has been unwavering and …
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CAIRO | Xinhua | Egypt announced on Sunday that it will “formally back” South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over the ongoing Israeli aggression in the besieged Palestinian Gaza Strip. Egypt’s announcement came in light of Israel’s “continued perpetration of systematic practices against …
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa | Xinhua | South Africa’s Presidency said Saturday that the country has on Friday approached the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to seek an urgent order from the court for the protection of the Palestinian people in Gaza amid Israel’s ongoing military assault on Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost …
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Putting history of Israel as a nation state into context COMMENT | NAYEBARE KARUHANGA | In attempting to clarify the dissenting opinion of Justice Julia Sebutinde in the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel), …
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COMMENT | NAYEBARE KARUHANGA | Reading and listening to the media, it is apparent that there is general misconception of the International Court of Justice (ICJ’s) ruling as well as Justice Sebutinde’s dissenting opinion to mean that; (a) it was wrong for Justice Julia Sebutinde to reach a different opinion …
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Kampala, Uganda | TH EINDEPENDENT | The election of Lady Justice, Julia Sebutinde as Vice President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has been received with applause from Parliament. In a press release, the ICJ in The Hague, Netherlands announced on Tuesday, 06 February 2024 that Sebutinde was voted by …
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SUMMARY OF JUDGEMENT Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has today issued a statement affirming it recognises this week’s order by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel, and also disassociating itself from a dissenting judgment by Judge Julia Sebutinde. Foreign affairs PS Bagiire Vincet Waiswa said …
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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa | Xinhua | South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Friday that the country welcomes the measures that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered by majority decision, which ordered Israel to take all possible measures to prevent genocide acts in the Gaza Strip. “Earlier today, …
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CAPE TOWN, South Africa | Xinhua | The South African parliament on Friday welcomed the “landmark ruling” of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the country’s genocide case against Israel, calling on the international community to apply pressure on Israel to comply with the order. According to a statement issued …
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