Martin’s statements came as the Irish Parliament approved a non-binding text that stated:genocide Committed before our eyes by Israel in Gaza“.
Martin stated before Parliament that “the government’s decision to intervene in the case brought by… South Africa “It was based on a detailed and accurate legal analysis.”
He stressed that “Ireland “It is a major supporter of the work of the Court and is firmly committed to international law and accountability.”
The parties participating in the Irish government did not object to a symbolic text presented by the opposition on Thursday accusing Israel of committing genocide against the Palestinians.
On Tuesday, Ireland announced the appointment of a Palestinian ambassador with full powers for the first time in the country’s history, after it officially recognized a state. Palestine Earlier in the year.
Last December, South Africa filed a lawsuit with… International Court of Justice Considering that The war in Gaza It violates the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, which it adopted United Nations In the year 1948.
Several countries joined the lawsuit, including Spain, Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico, Turkey, Chile, and Libya.
South Africa announced on Monday that it had submitted to the court, upon its request, a memorandum containing “evidence” that Israel had committed “genocide” in the Gaza Strip.
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office revealed that the document, which is not intended for publication, “contains more than 750 pages, supported by more than four thousand pages of data and appendices.”
An official at the court based in… The Hague Receiving the document without disclosing further details.