Palestine said it submitted a request to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to join the genocide case filed by South Africa against Israel.
It urged all states that are parties to the Genocide Convention “to join the lawsuit procedures filed by South Africa, protect the Palestinian people from the crime of genocide, ensure the non-repetition of this heinous crime in the future and to preserve the viability of the international law-based system.”
Chile is the latest country to join South Africa’s case before the ICJ, as announced by its President Gabriel Boric on Saturday.
Since January, at least nine countries have either formally approached the ICJ or declared their intention to do so, including Nicaragua, Colombia, Libya and Mexico.
Türkiye said in early May that it would officially apply to be part of South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the ICJ, according to Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.
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