The scenario in Palestine has “indisputably” worsened over the previous 20 years and resolutions “have failed to establish redress and sanction measures,” Spain’s delegation to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) mentioned Monday.
Santiago Ripol Carulla, head of the International Legal Office on the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, introduced Spain’s oral statements in advisory proceedings on the authorized penalties of Israel’s insurance policies and practices within the Occupied Palestinian Territory, together with East Jerusalem, citing the worsening scenario throughout the territories.
“Once again, 20 years after the Advisory Opinion on the Wall was passed, it is an indisputable reality that the situation in Palestine has worsened,” he mentioned, noting that resolutions of the UN Security Council and the General Assembly have repeatedly condemned Israel’s actions and demanded the cessation of the violations of worldwide regulation.
“However, such resolutions have failed to establish redress and sanction measures,” he mentioned in the course of the public hearings in The Hague.
Carulla recalled the related resolutions, saying that states are obliged to not take measures that will indicate modifications within the standing of the occupied territories, together with East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip.
“The corollary is clear: establishing diplomatic missions in the Holy City (of Jerusalem) is a serious threat to the stability of peace in the region and the world,” he mentioned.
Emilio Pin Godos, deputy head of the International Legal Office at Spain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, identified the unjust therapy of Palestinian and Israeli civilians earlier than the regulation.
“Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territories are subject to a system of jurisdictional fragmentation in the context of a structure of institutionalized discrimination. Israeli military courts enforce military law upon Palestinians, while Israeli courts apply Israeli civil law to Israelis, including settlers,” he mentioned.
Referring to the world court docket’s 2004 choice, Godos highlighted that Israel’s settlement insurance policies within the Occupied Palestinian Territory, together with measures taken with regard to Jerusalem and the development of a wall, had been established to be in violation of worldwide regulation.
It is a violation of worldwide regulation “not only because they are contrary to the Fourth Geneva Convention, but also because they prevent the exercise by the Palestinian people of their right to self-determination,” he mentioned.
He additionally expressed concern over the detention, interrogation, prosecution and imprisonment of Palestinian youngsters by Israeli occupation forces.
The public hearings began final Monday in The Hague following the UN General Assembly’s request for an advisory opinion on the authorized penalties arising from insurance policies and practices of Israel within the Occupied Palestinian Territory, together with East Jerusalem.
After dozens of nations testified, the week of public hearings on Israel’s occupation of Palestine concluded on Monday.
South Africa introduced a genocide case towards Israel to the ICJ in late December and requested it for emergency measures to finish the bloodshed in Gaza, the place practically 29,800 Palestinians have been killed since Oct. 7.
The court docket in January ordered Israel to take “all measures within its power” to forestall acts of genocide in Gaza however fell in need of ordering a cease-fire.
It additionally ordered Israel to take “immediate and effective” measures to allow the availability of urgently wanted fundamental providers and humanitarian help within the Gaza Strip.
A cross-border incursion by the Palestinian group Hamas on Oct. 7 killed an estimated 1,200 folks, however the ensuing Israeli offensive into Gaza has pushed 85% of the territory’s inhabitants into inner displacement amid acute shortages of meals, clear water and medication, whereas 60% of the enclave’s infrastructure has been broken or destroyed, based on the UN.
Despite a global outcry, Israel now plans a floor invasion of the southern Gaza metropolis of Rafah, which holds 1.4 million refugees.
For the primary time since its institution in 1948, Israel is being tried earlier than the ICJ, the best judicial physique within the UN, on prices of committing the crime of “genocide” towards Palestinians in Gaza.
Source: www.anews.com.tr