ICJ to Announce Advisory Opinion on Israeli Occupation of Palestinian Territories

sajadi - Friday, 19 July 2024 - 13:57 WIB

Friday, 19 July 2024 - 13:57 WIB

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The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the UN, holds public hearings on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by South Africa in the case South Africa v. Israel on 11 and 12 January 2024, at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the seat of the Court. Session held under the presidency of Judge Joan E. Donoghue, President of the Court. The Court’s role is to settle, in accordance with international law, legal disputes submitted to it by States and to give advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it by authorized UN organs and agencies.

The Hague, MINA – Today, Friday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the highest judicial body of the United Nations, is set to announce its advisory opinion on the legal consequences of Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories since 1967.

Chief Justice Nawaf Salam will deliver the advisory opinion in a public session scheduled at the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, at 4 PM Palestine time.

Accordimg to Wafa, the Palestinian delegation to the session includes special envoys to President Mahmoud Abbas for international relations, Riyad al-Maliki, Permanent Observer of Palestine to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Omar Awadallah, Ambassador Ammar Hijazi for multilateral affairs, Palestine’s representative to UN specialized organizations in Geneva, Ibrahim Khreisheh, Ambassador to the Netherlands Rawan Sulaiman, and Ambassador Majed Bamya from Palestine’s mission to New York. The delegation will hold a press conference immediately following the session outside the court.

The initiative stems from a resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly’s Fourth Committee on Political Affairs and Decolonization on November 11, 2022, requesting a legal opinion from the ICJ regarding “the legal consequences of Israel’s continued violation of the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination , its long-term occupation of Palestinian territories since 1967, including settlement and annexation measures, aimed at altering the demographic composition, character, and status of Jerusalem, and the impact of Israel’s policies and practices on the legal status of the occupation and the legal consequences thereof for all states and the United Nations.”

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The court began deliberations on the matter on February 26 last year, hearing arguments and presentations over a week from Palestine and 49 UN member states, including South Africa, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, the Netherlands, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, Russia, France, Gambia, Guyana, Hungary, China, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, and Libya.

Arguments were also presented by Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mauritius, Namibia, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Indonesia, Qatar, the United Kingdom, Slovenia, Sudan, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Zambia, Spain, Maldives, Fiji, Comoros, and three international organizations: the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the African Union, and the Arab League.

The ICJ’s advisory opinion comes amid increasing international legal pressures on Israel, the occupying power, over its ongoing military aggression in Gaza and its continuing atrocities in the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem. (T/RE1/P2)

Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)

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