South Africa returns to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), to seek the court to examine Israel's decision to expand its military operations in Rafah.
South Africa returns to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), to seek the court to examine Israel’s decision to expand its military operations in Rafah. Israel has announced this month that it was expanding its military operations to Rafah. Rafah has an estimated population of 1.5 million.
Early in January, the ICJ has made a ruling that Israel must take reasonable measures to avoid killing civilians. Despite this ruling, Israel continues to target over crowed places.
The decision by Israel has pushed South Africa on Monday to file an urgent request to the ICJ to have the court to examine Israel’s decision to expand its war to Rafah.
Vincent Magwenya, is a spokesperson of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, said that “The South African Government has made an urgent request to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to consider whether the decision announced by Israel to extend its military operations in Rafah, which is the last refuge for surviving people in Gaza, requires that the court uses its power to prevent further imminent breach of the rights of Palestinians in Gaza”.
Under Article 75(1) of the Rules of Court, “The Court may at any time decide to examine proprio motu whether the circumstances of the case require the indication of provisional measures which ought to be taken or complied with by any or all of the parties.”
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