it’s not a criminal case yet. this is the pre-trial where they’re just determining whether South Africa’s case has merits and whether any injunctions need to be issued. the criminal case will take years. the hope is that they find the case to have merit and order Israel to cease military operations in Gaza until the end of the criminal case at the ICC.
That surprises me. Don’t these cases normally take like 20 years to come to a decision?
it’s not a criminal case yet. this is the pre-trial where they’re just determining whether South Africa’s case has merits and whether any injunctions need to be issued. the criminal case will take years. the hope is that they find the case to have merit and order Israel to cease military operations in Gaza until the end of the criminal case at the ICC.
Israel: “The ICJ is hamas”
Ah, that makes sense, coolio. Though I guess it’s still likely Israel won’t abide by any such order.
yeah definitely not. and the US can threaten to invade the Hague even if ICC charges are brought. so it’s very much
This isn’t the end to the case, the provisional measures are supposed to be temporary until they make a decision on the case