Desperate Times, Desperate (Provisional) Measures - Rafah and South Africa’s Latest Action at the ICJ Becker, Michael A Author aut Text xx# 2024 Verfassungsblog 2024-02-14 eng
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 On 12 February 2024, South Africa requested the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to consider exercising its power under Article 75(1) of the Rules of Court to indicate provisional measures proprio motu against Israel. This is an extraordinary request by South Africa, coming less than three weeks after the Court indicated provisional measures against Israel on 26 January 2023. It is also very rare for the Court to act proprio motu, whether prompted by a state’s request or otherwise. South Africa’s latest request is a response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s statement on 9 February that Israel is preparing a ground invasion of Rafah in the south of Gaza. How will the ICJ respond to South Africa’s request? In this regard, the method by which South Africa seeks the Court’s intervention merits attention. CC BY-SA 4.0 Becker, Michael A Genocide ICJ Israel-Gaza War Israel-Hamas War Provisional Measures Völkermord Völkermord 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/desperate-times-desperate-provisional-measures/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/6b19711edce7a00f 240214 10.59704/6b19711edce7a00f Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)