Maldives has formally submitted a declaration to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to affix the genocide case accusing Israel of finishing up massacres in Gaza, the South Asian nation confirmed late Tuesday.
“The Maldives, under Article 63 of the CIJ_IC Statute, filed the declaration of intervention to the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa vs. Israel),” Maldives’ President Mohamed Muizzu stated in a put up on X.
“Israel must be held accountable for its unlawful acts in Gaza. The rule of law must be upheld, and Israel must cease its genocidal acts against the Palestinian people,” he added.
The Maldives, he went on to say, will all the time facet with “humanity, peace and justice, and in doing so, we’ll proceed to face with the Palestinian folks.”
The #Maldives, pursuant to the Article 63 of the @CIJ_IC Statute, filed the declaration of intervention to the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide within the Gaza Strip (South Africa vs. Israel).
Israel have to be held accountable for…
— Dr Mohamed Muizzu (@MMuizzu) October 1, 2024
Muizzu added that Palestine “should” be acknowledged and established based mostly on the pre-1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital.
South Africa filed the case on the tribunal based mostly in The Hague in late 2023, accusing Israel, which has bombed Gaza since final October, of failing to uphold its commitments below the 1948 Genocide Convention.
The high U.N. court docket ordered Israel in May to halt its offensive within the southern Gaza metropolis of Rafah. It was the third time the 15-judge panel issued preliminary orders in search of to rein within the dying toll and alleviate humanitarian struggling within the blockaded enclave, the place Palestinian casualties have surpassed 41,600, primarily ladies and youngsters.
Several nations have joined the genocide case in opposition to Israel, together with Türkiye, Nicaragua, Palestine, Spain, Mexico, Libya and Colombia. The court docket started public hearings in January.
Source: www.dailysabah.com