This Is Beirut, 2024-07-12 19:51 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
International Court of Justice
The UN's top court will next week hand down its view on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories since 1967, a case in which some 52 countries made submissions. Any opinion delivered by the International Court of Justice would be non-binding, but it will come amid mounting international legal pressure on Israel ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-25 18:56 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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An Israeli official said Saturday the government intended to renew talks for a Gaza hostage release deal in the coming days, after a meeting with mediators in Paris. "There is an intention to renew the talks this week and there is an agreement," the official told AFP on condition of anonymity. The Israeli official did not elaborate on what had ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-17 13:02 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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During a hearing at the International Court of Justice, Israel strongly rejected South Africa's accusations of genocide in Gaza and its calls for an ordered ceasefire. Israel lashed out Friday at South Africa's case before the UN's top court, describing it as "totally divorced" from reality, as Pretoria urges judges to order a ceasefire in ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-05-16 11:38 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Palestine International Court of Justice
As over 600,000 people have fled Rafah since Israel's invasion of the city, South Africa has accused Israel of "genocide" urging the International Court of Justice to order a halt to the Israel-Gaza War. South Africa accused Israel Thursday at the top UN court of stepping up what it called a "genocide" in Gaza, urging judges to order a halt to ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-04-30 18:28 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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The UN's top court threw out Nicaragua's request on Tuesday for emergency measures to stop Germany sending military supplies to Israel because of its action in the Gaza war. International Court of Justice presiding judge Nawaf Salam said that the circumstances presented to the court did not warrant "provisional measures." Nicaragua hauled ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-04-26 18:32 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
International Court of Justice
The top UN court said it will rule Tuesday on charges by Nicaragua that Germany is breaching the 1948 Genocide Convention by supplying weapons to Israel for the Gaza war. Nicaragua has brought Germany before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to demand judges impose emergency measures to stop Berlin from providing Israel with weapons and ...
2024-02-26 08:59 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
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Aside from wishful thinking and peaceful yearnings, we have not seen, so far, concrete proposals on how to put an end to the ongoing cycles of violence and move to another stage of discursive conflict resolution. While reviewing the various proposals, we observe that very few of them have come up with working solutions that are likely to draw the ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-02-20 12:57 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Palestine International Court of Justice
What Israel does in Palestinian territories represent an even more extreme version of apartheid than what was experienced in South Africa before 1994, Pretoria told the International Court of Justice on the 20th of February. Israel is applying an even more extreme version of apartheid in the Palestinian territories than experienced in South ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-02-06 21:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
International Court of Justice
Nawaf Salam, a judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) since February 6, 2018, was elected President of the ICJ on Tuesday for a three-year term. In an initial comment after his election to head the International Court of Justice, Salam said that his election represents a great responsibility to achieve international justice and ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-01-27 17:36 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Palestine International Court of Justice
Reactions across the globe continued to pour in on Saturday, January 27, a day after the International Court of Justice handed down its verdict on Israel's accusations of genocide in Gaza. While Western reactions offer a mixed picture, the decision is generally well-received in the Arab world. International reactions poured in on Friday and ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-01-26 23:58 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
International Court of Justice
In accordance with the Statute of the Court, the Secretary-General of the International Court of Justice, Stéphane Dujarric, is slated to transmit a notice of the provisional measures ordered by the court to the United Nations Security Council. UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese told Al Jazeera that the ICJ's decision will make it more ...
This Is Beirut, 2024-01-26 23:35 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
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The UN's top court ruled on Friday that Israel must take measures to prevent genocide in its conflict with Hamas and facilitate aid into Gaza. However, the court did not explicitly call for an end to the fighting. The UN's top court on Friday said Israel must prevent genocide in its war with Hamas and allow aid into Gaza, but stopped short of ...