Malaysia Supports South Africa To Report Israel To ICJ
The Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday, January 2 2024, welcomed South Africa’s application to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) which accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. Previously, South Africa on Friday, December 29 2023 submitted an application to the ICJ to issue an urgent order stating that Israel had violated its obligations under the 1948 Genocide Convention in its crackdown on Hamas. “As a State Party to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, South Africa has a treaty obligation to prevent genocide,” said South Africa’s International Relations and Cooperation statement in X. Malaysia, as a fellow party to the 1948 Genocide Convention, was one of the first countries to issue a statement supporting South Africa’s decision. Israel and Palestine have responded separately to the request, as has the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). “The legal action against Israel before the ICJ is a timely and ...