Nicaragua Continues ICJ Proceedings Against Germany
Published 30 April 2025 Author: Stefan Talmon
On 1 February 2024, the National Assembly of Nicaragua approved a legislative declaration condemning the genocide and collective infanticide carried out by Israel against the Palestinians in Gaza and demanding from North American and European countries the immediate cessation of attempts at the ethnic extermination of the Palestinian people.
On 23 January 2024, Nicaragua became the first State to intervene in the case concerning the Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel), in which South Africa had instituted proceedings against Israel before the International Court of Justice for alleged violations by Israel of its obligations under the Genocide Convention in relation to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. (more…)