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South Africa welcomes additional provisional measures ordered by the ICJ

Posted on March 28, 2024March 28, 2024 | The South African Presidency

The International Court of Justice (‘the Court’) has granted South Africa’s Urgent Request of 6 March 2024, for further provisional measures to prevent Israel from causing irreparable harm to the rights invoked by South Africa under the 1948 Genocide Convention in respect of the ongoing siege of Gaza.

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South Africa makes urgent request to International Court of Justice on Rafah offensive

Posted on February 13, 2024February 14, 2024 | The South African Presidency

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.