International Court of Justice

The future of the planet is at stake during hearings at the top United Nations court, a top representative for Vanuatu said on Monday, opening a historic case that aims to set a legal framework on how countries should tackle climate change.

Friday's upcoming meeting, in Athens, of Greek and Turkish foreign ministers George Gerapetritis and Hakan Fidan, will be important in determining whether the two countries could seek international arbitration for their bilateral disputes.

Greece has backed the UN resolution, which is based on the opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, regarding the serious consequences of Israel's policies in Gaza and the West Bank.

Türkiye has formally submitted its bid to join the genocide case launched by South Africa against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague.

Türkiye has become the sixth nation submitting a declaration of intervention in South Africa's case after Nicaragua, Colombia, Libya, Palestine and Spain, upon the 63rd article of the Charter of the ICJ.

Turkey will submit on Wednesday a declaration of intervention in South Africa's genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague, a diplomatic source said.

The declaration will happen at 1330 GMT, the source added, after Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said this week that Turkey would make the declaration on Wednesday.

Spain said on Thursday that it will join South Africa's case at the U.N.'s top court in which Pretoria has accused Israel of "genocide" in the Gaza Strip.

"Our sole goal is to put an end to the war and to advance on the road of applying the two-state solution", Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said at a press conference.

Ignored by Russia and Israel, the International Court of Justice is hamstrung by a dysfunctional global system that sees countries comply with its rulings — or not — based on their own double standards, experts say.

In 2022, the U.N.'s highest court ordered Russia to halt its invasion of Ukraine, still underway two years later.

Last week, South Africa asked the International Court of Justice in The Hague to order the termination of the military operation – What will be imposed on Israel

South Africa accused Israel Thursday at the top U.N. court of stepping up what it called a "genocide" in Gaza, urging the court to order a halt to Israel's assault on Rafah.

"South Africa had hoped, when we last appeared before this court, to halt this genocidal process to preserve Palestine and its people," Vusimuzi Madonsela told the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

The U.N.'s top court Tuesday threw out Nicaragua's request for emergency measures against German military supplies to Israel, saying "circumstances were not such" to accuse Germany of violating a genocide convention.

International Court of Justice presiding judge Nawaf Salam said the circumstances presented to the court did not warrant "provisional measures".