Brazil on Wednesday announced its intention to join a South African-led case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in which Israel stands accused of committing “genocide” in Gaza.
The foreign ministry in Brasilia said the country was “in the final phase of presenting a formal intervention” in the case already formally joined by states including Colombia, Libya and Mexico, and supported by many others.
In December 2023, South Africa brought a case to the United Nations’ highest court in The Hague, alleging Israel’s Gaza offensive breached the 1948 UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
Israel denies the accusation.
In rulings in January, March and May 2024, the ICJ told Israel to do everything possible to “prevent” acts of genocide during its military operations in Gaza, including by providing urgently needed humanitarian aid to prevent famine.
A statement from Brazil’s foreign ministry denounced what it described as “indiscriminate violence” against civilians and the “blatant use of hunger as a weapon of war.”বিস্তারিত