ICJ Orders Israel to Halt Military Offensive
I just put out this news release via accuracy.org below.
Should also note that the Court held:
ICJ Orders Israel to Halt Military Offensive
UN whistleblower Craig Mokhiber just posted on X: "BREAKING: The #ICJ has just ruled in favor of additional provisional measures in the Genocide case against Israel, ordering Israel to immediately halt its military offensive and other activities in Rafah and to allow aid and genocide investigators in."
He added that the 13-2 decision "was supported by almost all judges. Only [Julia] Sebutinde (the Ugandan judge who always votes in favor of Israel) and [Aharon] Barak (the Israeli ad hoc judge) voted against. Barak was absent from the courtroom." See video clip, full video, and written Orders on X and PDF.
The Court stated: "Israel must immediately halt its military offensive, and any other action in the Rafah Governorate, which may inflict on the Palestinian group in Gaza conditions of life that could bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part."
See recent oral arguments by South Africa which led to today's additional Orders.
FRANCIS BOYLE, fboyle@illinois.edu
Boyle is professor of international law at the University of Illinois College of Law. He represented Bosnia at the International Court of Justice in its Genocide Convention case against Yugoslavia. He has been interviewed by MSNBC, CBS News and other outlets on the South Africa case. See prior IPA news releases.
He said today: “Congratulations to the Republic of South Africa and to the International Court of Justice! Exactly what we need to stop the ongoing genocidal humanitarian catastrophe in Rafah at the United Nations Security Council and in the United Nations General Assembly under the Uniting For Peace Resolution.” See IPA news release: "New World Court Order Against Israel: Could Uniting for Peace Stop Israel’s Assault?" about how the General Assembly can address repeated U.S. government vetoes of resolutions addressing Israel's actions in the UN Security Council.
MICHAEL LYNK, mslynk@uwo.ca, @MichaelLynk5
Lynk served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur for human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory from 2016 to 2022. He is a non-resident fellow at Democracy for the Arab World Now and wrote the piece "Measured Yet Damning: The ICJ's Genocide Ruling on Israel" earlier this year.
JOHN QUIGLEY, quigley.2@osu.edu
Professor emeritus of international law at Ohio State University, Quigley's books include The Statehood of Palestine: International Law in the Middle East Conflict (Cambridge University Press). He recently wrote the piece "Forget the Security Council: The General Assembly Can Admit Palestine."
The ICJ has done what they can do with this decision. Now, we, Americans, need to see that our own laws are enforced. Members of the Biden administration should be charged with 18 U.S. Code § 1091, the law that brought the genocide convention into US law.
They may feel they are immune now, but let's get them considering just how temporary that might be, given what is possible when they leave office, as they have set the precedent of charging former presidents. Here's the best news of all, "an offense under this section, an indictment may be found, or information instituted, at any time without limitation." No time limit for when they can be charged. They should have visions of prison all the days of their lives.
The propagandists in the Mainstream Media need to be charged as well.
Let us find the way!
Thanks Sam... it's clear that in the eyes of most of the world, the Palestinians have moral authority on their side. I thought Uganda was going to remove their judge but perhaps that's like implementing the decision the ICJ decision, these things take time. Let's hope there's still time left.