The Republic of South Africa’s submission of evidence to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) documenting Israel’s non-compliance with legally binding provisional orders issued by the court in the case concerning allegations of genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, must spur other states to pressure Israel to comply, Amnesty International said today.
In its submission to the ICJ, South Africa
argues
that Israel has failed to comply with the measures ordered by the court. This is consistent with Amnesty International’s findings that Israeli authorities have failed to implement the measures by continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, even after the so-called ceasefire of October 2025.
“Since the ICJ issued its first set of provisional measures in January 2024, Israeli authorities have continued to inflict irreparable damage to the rights of Palestinians in Gaza protected under the Genocide Convention, in utter disregard of the court’s orders and its legal obligations under international law. Rather than complying with the court’s mandatory measures, Israel is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza,” said Heba Morayef, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa
The South African submission is an outlier in a crowded field of states who have failed to take action to prevent Israel’s genocide in Gaza, and in some cases enabled it.
Heba Morayef, Amnesty International
“The South African submission is an outlier in a crowded field of states who have failed to take action to prevent Israel’s genocide in Gaza, and in some cases enabled it. Many third states have helped sustain Israel’s impunity, some by failing to take any effective measures to enforce the Court’s binding provisional measures, and others also by actively providing the diplomatic cover, financial resources and material support that have enabled Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. All th
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