Spain has officially filed a declaration of intervention in South Africa’s case against ‘Israel’ over its genocidal campaign in the Gaza Strip.
The court announced that Spain filed in the Registry of the Court a declaration of intervention in the case dubbed “Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel).”
PRESS RELEASE: #Spain filed in the #ICJ Registry a declaration of intervention in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (#SouthAfrica v. #Israel) https://t.co/If4vvMg0Tq pic.twitter.com/F3l9SxopQq
— CIJ_ICJ (@CIJ_ICJ) July 1, 2024
Invoking its status as a party to the Genocide Convention, Spain is exercising its right to intervene in the proceedings under Article 63, paragraph 2 of the document, the statement added.
“This intervention is motivated by our responsibility as a State party to the Genocide Convention and our firm commitment to international law,” the Spanish foreign ministry said last Friday.
South Africa filed the lawsuit against the Israeli regime at the end of December, after nearly three months of Israeli aggression against Palestinians in Gaza.
Before filing the lawsuit, the country stated that the occupying regime had failed to uphold its commitments under the 1948 Genocide Convention.
Following South Africa’s complaint, several countries, including Turkey, Libya, Nicaragua, Colombia, the Maldives, Egypt, Belgium, Ireland, Mexico, and Chile, submitted requests to join the case.
Source: Agencies
