The Hague: Germany today pleaded before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to reject the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by Nicaragua before the Court on alleged breaches of certain international obligations in respect of the occupied Palestinian Territory.
Nicaragua requested the ICJ to indicate the following provisional measures with respect to Germany in the latter’s “participation in the ongoing plausible genocide and serious breaches of international humanitarian law and other peremptory norms of general international law occurring in the Gaza Strip, as well as in other parts of Palestine, namely, to order that:
(1) Germany must immediately suspend its aid to Israel, in particular its military assistance, export and authorization of export of military equipment and war weapons, in so far as this aid is used or could be used to commit or to facilitate serious violations of the Genocide Convention, international humanitarian law or other peremptory norms of general international law;
(2) Germany must immediately ensure that military equipment, war weapons, and other equipment used for military purposes already delivered by Germany and German entities to Israel are not used to commit or to facilitate serious violations of the Genocide Convention, international humanitarian law or other peremptory norms of general international law;
(3) Germany must resume its support and financing of UNRWA in respect of its operations in Gaza.”
Germany requested the ICJ to remove from the General List the case introduced by Nicaragua on March 1, 2024, when Nicaragua filed an Application instituting proceedings against Germany concerning alleged violations of its obligations deriving from the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols, “intransgressible principles of international humanitarian law” and other norms of general international law in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, particularly the Gaza Strip.
Nicaragua’s application also contained a request for the indication of provisional measures.
On April 8 and 9, 2024, the Court held public hearings on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by Nicaragua. The Court will now begin its deliberation and deliver its decision at a public sitting, the date of which will be announced in due course.
– global bihari bureau
