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International Court of Justice

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is an organ of the United Nations and is based in The Hague.

Unlike the International Criminal Court (ICC), which is also based in The Hague and is an independent court that deals with crimes perpetrated by individuals, the ICJ deals with states as a whole. All member states of the UN are party to the ICJ.

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 Newly appointed Israeli minister of Foreign Affairs Gideon Saar attends a replacing ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem on November 10, 2024.

Amsterdam pogrom linked to Israel delegitimization, Hague proceedings, says FM Sa'ar

 Judges at the ICJ hear a request for emergency measures by South Africa, who asked the court to order Israel to stop its military actions in Gaza, in The Hague, Netherlands, january 11, 2024.

South Africa submits evidence of alleged Israeli genocide in Gaza to ICJ

 SOUTH AFRICAN officials listen as the International Court of Justice rules, following South African accusations that the Israeli military operation in Gaza is a state-led genocide, in The Hague, in January.

'The country it loathes most': South Africa's struggle to find evidence against Israel

By IAN LLOYD NEUBAUER
 Final count of the UN decision to demand Israel end 'unlawful' presence in Palestinian territories within 12 months.

UN votes 124-14 to strip Israel of right to self-defense in Gaza, West Bank

Permanent Observer for the State of Palestine to the UN, Riyad Mansour attends a United Nations Security Council meeting about the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza, at the UN headquarters in New York City, US, September 4, 2024.

The Palestinian Authority's diplomatic war continues

South African Ambassador to the Netherlands Vusimuzi Madonsela uses a phone at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), during a ruling on South Africa's request to order a halt to Israel's Rafah offensive in Gaza as part of a larger case brought before the Hague-based court by South Africa accusin

South Africa: We will not withdraw the lawsuit at the International Court of Justice

By Walla!
 Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour speaks as the United Nations Security Council meets publicly to discuss the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza, at the UN headquarters in New York City, US, August 13, 2024.

Danny Danon: Palestinian UN draft resolution ruling rewards terrorism

 SOUTH AFRICAN legal team leader John Dugard attends an ICJ session on emergency measures against Israel, following accusations by South Africa that the IDF operation in Gaza is a state-led genocide, in The Hague, in January.

A letter to John Dugard: Time to recognize Hamas's violations of int'l law

Israel's UN Ambassador Danny Danon at the UN Security Council on September 4th 2024

B'Tselem's Yuli Novak: 'Israeli gov't aims to promote Jewish supremacy over entire territory'

 Independent MP Jeremy Corbyn attends a protest in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in London, Britain, July 6, 2024.

Corbyn: UK not abiding by int'l law, supplying arms to 'genocidal' country

 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appoints Mohammad Mustafa as prime minister of the Palestinian Authority (PA), in Ramallah, in the West Bank March 14, 2024

Palestinians push for UN resolution declaring settlements illegal

 INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT Prosecutor Karim Khan rewards Islamic terrorism, the writer charges.

The Hague is detached from reality in its views

By David Ben-Basat
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby speaks during the annual Lord Mayor's Banquet at Guildhall, in London, Britain November 13, 2023.

Archbishop of Canterbury urges nations to respect ICJ opinion on Israeli 'occupation'

By REUTERS
Public hearing held by ICJ to allow parties to give their views on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories before eventually issuing a non-binding legal opinion in The Hague, Netherlands, February 21, 2024.

The Advisory Opinion on Palestine is a bad omen for international law

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 Cyril Ramaphosa gestures on the day he takes the oath of office for his second term as South African president, at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, June 19, 2024.

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By LAWRENCE NOWOSENETZ
 A VIEW of Kiryat Arba, near Hebron: The ICJ refrained from explicitly declaring the Israeli occupation itself as illegal, the writer notes.

The ICJ is using a political escape routes to avoid calling Israel out on apartheid

By Dr. Ido Rosenzweig
 NAWAF SALAM, president of the International Court of Justice, speaks at in The Hague. The writer notes that the court is deliberately ignoring Israel’s legitimate historical and legal claims to the West Bank and east Jerusalem.

The ICJ parrots political clichés to generate the fiction of Palestinian statehood

 U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the press at the port of Ashdod, in Ashdod, Israel, May 1, 2024.

US criticizes ICJ opinion that Israeli 'occupation' of Palestinian territories is illegal