South Africa has welcomed support for its International Court of Justice (ICJ) genocide case against Israel in a speech to the UN Security Council, reports Al Jazeera.
“South Africa welcomes expressions of support for the case before the ICJ and encourages states to intervene should they wish in the later stage of the proceedings”, South Africa’s UN representative Masotsha Mnguni said.
“For international law to be credible, it should be uniformly applied and not selective,” Mnguni said.
“The events of the past few months in Gaza have illustrated that Israel is acting contrary to its obligations in terms of the Genocide Convention,” he added.
“Owing to South Africa’s painful past experience of the system of apartheid, this impresses on us as member states to take action in accordance with international law,” Mnguni said.
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