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ICJ orders Israel to prevent genocide in Gaza, stops short of ordering ceasefire

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ajb ◴[26 Jan 24 18:36 UTC] No.39146163[source]▶
The actual rulings can be found at https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/192...

and a summary is: https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/192...

Dissents etc can be found in the case page: https://www.icj-cij.org/case/192 - in particular the opinion of Judge Aharon Barak, the Israeli ad-hoc Judge (a peculiarity of the ICJ is that each side gets to add a judge, but it doesn't have much effect since there are 17 other judges). But interestingly Judge Barak ruled against Israel in the case of two measures, enforcement against Incitement and ensuring humanitarian aid.

I believe it's also available in French, for those more familiar with that language.

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megous ◴[26 Jan 24 21:15 UTC] No.39148514[source]▶
Notably also voted against telling Israel to follow the raw key prohibitions of Genocide convention as written in the convention, something Israel agreed to in the past. Curious.

Also voted against asking Israel to preserve evidence of the crimes. Interesting perspective for a former judge.

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1. JumpCrisscross ◴[26 Jan 24 22:30 UTC] No.39149647[source]▶
> Interesting perspective for a former judge

Do you have a link to Barak’s dissent on those questions?

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2. ajb ◴[26 Jan 24 22:36 UTC] No.39149734[source]▶
https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/192...
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3. JumpCrisscross ◴[26 Jan 24 22:47 UTC] No.39149866[source]▶
Hmm, the relevant meat appears in paragraph 43. One one point, he votes against because it’s redundant to the Convention. Fair enough. On the other, a question of “plausibility,” comes up, which seems a term of art I wasn’t able to quickly decipher.