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Israel urges UN court to reject South Africa's request for more emergency orders in genocide case

Mar. 18, 2024 11:56 AM EDT

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Israel has urged the top U.N. court to reject the latest request by South Africa for interim orders to prevent starvation in Gaza as part of a case accusing Israel of breaching the Genocide Convention with its military offensive against Hamas. In a...

South Africa urges top UN court to impose more emergency orders on Israel to end starvation in Gaza

Mar. 06, 2024 15:55 PM EST

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Citing “widespread starvation” in Gaza, South Africa on Wednesday urged the United Nations' top court to order Israel to allow humanitarian aid into the war-torn region, as part of an ongoing case alleging that Israel's military campaign in Gaza breaches the...

South Africa tells top UN court that it's accusing Israel of apartheid against Palestinians

Feb. 20, 2024 06:21 AM EST

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — South Africa argued at the United Nations' top court on Tuesday that Israel is responsible for apartheid against the Palestinians and that Israel's occupation of land sought for a Palestinian state is “inherently and fundamentally illegal.” Israel rejects such...

Hearings open at the top UN court into legality of Israel’s occupation of lands sought for a future Palestinian state

Feb. 19, 2024 04:12 AM EST
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Hearings open at the top UN court into legality of Israel’s occupation of lands sought for a future Palestinian state.

Top UN court to hold hearings on legality of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian-claimed lands

Feb. 18, 2024 00:11 AM EST

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations' highest court opens historic hearings Monday into the legality of Israel's 57-year occupation of lands sought for a Palestinian state, plunging the 15 international judges back into the heart of the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ...

Top UN court rejects South African request for urgent measures to safeguard Rafah

Feb. 16, 2024 15:38 PM EST

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top UN court on Friday rejected a South African request to impose urgent measures to safeguard Rafah in the Gaza Strip, but also stressed that Israel must respect earlier measures imposed late last month at a preliminary stage in a landmark genocide case. ...

Israel is urging the top UN court to reject a new South African request on Gaza provisional orders

Feb. 15, 2024 15:37 PM EST

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Israel on Thursday urged the United Nations’ highest court to reject an urgent South African request to consider whether Israel’s military operations targeting the southern Gaza city of Rafah breach provisional orders the court handed down last month in a case...

South Africa asks UN court to urgently examine Israel's targeting of Rafah in ongoing genocide case

Feb. 13, 2024 14:00 PM EST

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s government said Tuesday it had lodged an “urgent request” with the U.N.’s International Court of Justice to consider whether Israel’s military operations targeting the southern Gaza city of Rafah are a breach of provisional orders the court...

The UN's top court says it has jurisdiction in part of Ukraine's genocide case against Russia

Feb. 02, 2024 18:18 PM EST

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations’ top court said Friday it has jurisdiction to rule on a request by Ukraine for a declaration that Kyiv is not responsible for genocide, but not on other aspects of a Ukrainian case against Russia. The two countries have at various...

Top UN court rejects most of Ukraine's terror financing and discrimination case against Russia

Jan. 31, 2024 12:17 PM EST

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations' top court on Wednesday rejected large parts of a case filed by Ukraine alleging that Russia bankrolled separatist rebels in the country's east a decade ago and has discriminated against Crimea's multiethnic community since its annexation of the...