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Brazil said to seek to join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at ICJ
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The International Court of Justice opens hearings on a United Nations request for an advisory opinion on Israel's obligations to allow humanitarian assistance in Gaza and the West Bank, in The Hague, Netherlands, April 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Brazil will request to intervene in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel’s actions in Gaza at the International Court of Justice, a source familiar with the matter tells Reuters.
South Africa filed a case in 2023 asking the ICJ to declare that Israel was in breach of its obligations under the 1948 Genocide Convention in its crackdown against Hamas in Gaza. Other countries – such as Spain, Turkey and Colombia – had already asked the court to intervene in the case.
The decision was reported earlier by the Brazilian newspaper Folha de S. Paulo and confirmed by Reuters.
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