Nicaragua filed an application at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) instituting proceedings against Germany.
Why? Nicaragua alleges that Germany is violating:
- its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
- the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols
- “intransgressible principles of international humanitarian law”, and
- other norms of general international law
... in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, particularly the Gaza Strip.
Oral hearing will start today.
You can watch the proceedings here, starting at 10.00 CEST: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1q/k1qoqif0lq
Case details here: https://www.icj-cij.org/case/193
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THE HAGUE – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) holds public hearings in the case Nicaragua v. Germany - oral argument of Nicaragua
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) holds public hearings in the proceedings instituted by Nicaragua against Germany on 1 March 2024.UN Web TV
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in reply to onrust 🍉 • • •Proceedings in the International Court of Justice case of Nicaragua vs Germany are starting. You can follow everything live here: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1q/k1qoqif0lq
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THE HAGUE – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) holds public hearings in the case Nicaragua v. Germany - oral argument of Nicaragua
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in reply to onrust 🍉 • • •For reference, here are some of the points that Germany stands accused of:
"13. Germany has provided political, financial and military support to Israel28 fully aware at the time of authorization that the military equipments would be used in the commission of great breaches of international law by this State and in disregard of its own obligations. In particular, the military equipment provided by Germany enabling Israel to perpetrate genocidal acts and other atrocities, included supplies to the front line and warehouses, and assurances of future supplies such as ammunition, technology and diverse components necessary for the Israeli military.
"14. The German Government has also cut off assistance to UNRWA. Since its establishment by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 1949 it has been the most important relief bringer to the millions of Palestinian refugees. Thus, apart from supporting a State that is in breach of many of the most fundamental and sacred norms of international law, by cutting off the funds to UNRWA Germany’s decision jeopardizes any eff
... Show more...For reference, here are some of the points that Germany stands accused of:
"13. Germany has provided political, financial and military support to Israel28 fully aware at the time of authorization that the military equipments would be used in the commission of great breaches of international law by this State and in disregard of its own obligations. In particular, the military equipment provided by Germany enabling Israel to perpetrate genocidal acts and other atrocities, included supplies to the front line and warehouses, and assurances of future supplies such as ammunition, technology and diverse components necessary for the Israeli military.
"14. The German Government has also cut off assistance to UNRWA. Since its establishment by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 1949 it has been the most important relief bringer to the millions of Palestinian refugees. Thus, apart from supporting a State that is in breach of many of the most fundamental and sacred norms of international law, by cutting off the funds to UNRWA Germany’s decision jeopardizes any effective assistance
being given to the victims of those very atrocities that Israel is commiting."
(https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/193/193-20240301-app-01-00-en.pdf, p. 6)
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in reply to onrust 🍉 • • •Nicaragua begins its oral arguments in its case against Germany at the International Court of Justice
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in reply to onrust 🍉 • • •Nicaragua: Germany says it has an obligation toward 'Israel', because of what Germany has done in the second world war.
But Nicaragua points out that any such past acts couldn't ever justify supporting a state committing genocide
Moreover, it also notes that German companies are profiting off the genocide by selling arms to 'Israel'
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in reply to onrust 🍉 • • •Nicaragua explains how this current case against Germany is different from the case brought by South Africa against 'Israel', which Nicaragua also supports
It's because different laws are being violated, different obligations being unfulfilled
Details Nicaragua vs Germany (this case): details: https://www.icj-cij.org/case/193
Details South Africa vs 'Israel': https://www.icj-cij.org/case/192
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Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (Sou
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in reply to onrust 🍉 • • •Nicaragua mentions the UK legal professionals' recent letter to the UK government, warning them of UK's complicity in genocide: https://lawyersletter.uk/
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in reply to onrust 🍉 • • •Even if genocide were found not to have been committed, which Nicaragua does not accept, then still selling arms plausibly using in genocide and cutting off humanitarian aid to a people experiencing famine would violate Germany's obligations under international law
-- spokesperson for Nicaragua
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in reply to onrust 🍉 • • •Nicaragua:
Purely based on the say-so of Israel, Germany cut off funding to UNRWA. Surprisingly, this happened exactly the day after your [i.e. the ICJ's] order on the 26th of January [ruling that Israel is plausibly committing genocide in Gaza]
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in reply to onrust 🍉 • • •Nicaragua turns to the occupations supposed 'right to self-defence'.
"Surprisingly, Germany doesn't seem to differentiate between self-defence and genocide"
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in reply to onrust 🍉 • • •Germany seems to ignore that Palestinian people have the right to self-determination, including the right to take up arms against an occupation, according to the UN charter, says Nicaragua.
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in reply to onrust 🍉 • • •"Nicaragua is hopeful that states, particularly with a history such as Germany's, would heed the decisions of this court [= International Court of Justice]", says Nicaragua.
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in reply to onrust 🍉 • • •Another speaker on behalf of Nicaragua takes the floor:
"The nightmare [in Gaza] is increasing, every single day."
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in reply to onrust 🍉 • • •"Nothing justified the collective punishment of the Palestinian people".
The world can't turn away, says Nicaragua
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in reply to onrust 🍉 • • •Nicaragua draw the court's attention to the fact that not only is the situation in Gaza most dire --- also in other areas of occupied Palestine violence, racism and apartheid are increasing
And Germany is offering support for all of that
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