The open letter, signed by at least 900 popular movements, trade unions, political parties, governments and other organizations, urges the states of the world to support the lawsuit brought by the Republic of South Africa against the State of Israel before the International Court of Justice for the crime of genocide against the Palestinian people.
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Venezuela supports South Africa’s complaint against Israel at the International Court of Justice
The signatories of the document ask to submit declarations of intervention before the international judicial entity in open rejection of Israeli actions that have caused the murder of over 23,000 Palestinians and displaced 1.9 million.
The government of Colombia assured on Wednesday its support for the lawsuit brought by South Africa against Israel, as “it is very clear that the actions and measures taken by the government of Israel constitute acts of genocide.”
MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
PRESS RELEASEThe Government of Colombia welcomes the lawsuit brought by South Africa against Israel at the International Court of Justice in The Hague for violation of several provisions of the 1948 Genocide Convention.…
— Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo)
January 10, 2024
A statement released on Account X by Colombian President Gustavo Petro highlights that “South Africa’s request is a bold step in the right direction.”
“The Republic of Colombia hopes that, following the convened hearings, the Court will rule without delay on the request for urgent provisional measures requested by South Africa and adopt decisions that will allow the bloodbath in Gaza and the occupied territories to cease,” he underlined. and specified that the Colombian Government will carefully monitor the process.
Likewise, the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, also expressed support for the South African initiative “to ask the International Court of Justice to order Israel to immediately cease all acts and measures that could constitute genocide or crimes related”.
In this sense, this Tuesday, the government of Nicaragua expressed its support for the lawsuit against the government of Tel Aviv and considered “that the legal action against Israel before the International Court of Justice is a concrete step in accordance with the obligations legal that each State party to the Convention “The Genocide Convention has the right and duty to adopt it, and it is also the first step towards responsibility towards the international community”.
More than 900 social movements, trade unions, political parties and other organizations from several countries have signed an open letter calling on states to support South Africa’s Genocide Convention case against Israel#Gaza
Signatories: pic.twitter.com/XtUZCl1m0S
— Olga Rodríguez Francisco ✍️ (@olgarodriguezfr)
January 8, 2024
Likewise, Venezuela expressed on Tuesday, through a statement, that it positively appreciates the historic action taken and urged the international community to accompany it, “with an urgent appeal to respect life and human dignity”.
Meanwhile, Bolivia also supported the South African document and assured its commitment to peace and justice as a signatory to the Genocide Convention.
On January 11, the (ICJ) will hold the first hearing to examine South Africa’s lawsuit against Israel in the Dutch city of The Hague. This session of the trial, held at the headquarters of the main judicial body of the United Nations, will continue the following day when the Zionist entity is able to defend its position.
2024-01-11 00:33:45
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