12 January 2024
THE HAGUE, 12 January 2024. The public hearings on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by South Africa in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) concluded today.
The delegation of South Africa was led by HE Mr Vusimuzi Madonsela, Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, as Agent, and Mr Cornelius Scholtz,
Legal Counsellor, Embassy of the Republic of South Africa in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, as Co-Agent. The delegation of Israel was led by Mr Gilad Noam, Deputy Attorney General for
International Law, Ministry of Justice of the State of Israel, Mr Tal Becker, Legal Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel, and Ms Tamar Kaplan Tourgeman, Principal Deputy Legal Adviser of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Israel, as Co-Agents.
The Court will now begin its deliberation.
The Court’s decision will be delivered at a public sitting, the date of which will be announced in due course
Document Type: Press Release
Document Sources: International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Country: Israel, South Africa
Subject: Armed conflict, Convention: Genocide
Publication Date: 12/01/2024