The State of Palestine submitted a declaration recognition “with immediate effect of the jurisdiction” of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), The UN’s highest court has asked for permission to intervene in a case brought by South Africa against Israel for violating the Genocide Convention with its war in the Gaza Strip.

In a statement, the International Court of Justice announced today that Palestine presents declaration recognizing “competition with immediate effect” court “to resolve all disputes that may arise or have already arisen” in accordance with the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948), signed by Palestine in 2014.

With this statement Palestine undertakes to “comply in good faith with the decision or decisions of the Court, and accept all the obligations of a member of the UN” under the UN Charter.

On the other hand, in another statement, the International Court of Justice stated that Palestine wants to intervene because it is affected and interested in a procedure initiated by South Africa on December 29, in which it accused Israel of seeking genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, given the humanitarian situation and destruction caused by its military operations.

Palestine first sought permission to intervene on the basis of Article 62 of the Statute of the Court, which states that “each State Party to the Genocide Convention “has an interest in ensuring compliance with this document.”

Palestine is confident have an “interest of a legal nature which may be affected by the decision” of the case, according to the statement.

In addition, he emphasized that has a “special interest” in attending the procedure for Palestine is a “particularly affected state” since the victims it seeks to protect are the Palestinians of Gaza, understood as a “group” protected from genocide.

But Palestine also presented “declaration of intervention” under Article 63 of the Statute, allowing other countries to participate in the process “as long as it concerns the interpretation of a convention to which states other than the parties concerned are parties.”

In this sense, he stated that his request for permission to intervene and his application for intervention They are “cumulative and alternative”.

Mexico, Nicaragua, Colombia and Libya They have already requested permission to intervene as interested parties, although there are several countries that have also publicly stated their interest in this matter but have not yet formalized their request.

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At the preliminary stage of the case, the International Court of Justice in May required Israel “immediately stop the military offensive” in Rafah, in southern Gaza to prevent the “total or partial physical destruction” of Palestinians and to “take effective measures to ensure the unimpeded flow” of humanitarian aid. It also demanded that he guarantee access to expert missions to investigate allegations of genocide.

Interventions by authorized countries will occur as soon as the International Court of Justice begins to examine the merits of the procedure to determine whether Israel violated the Genocide Convention with its war in Gaza, the date of which is still unknown.

(EFE)