Summary
Advocate of the High Court of South Africa (Thulamela Chambers), counsel for South Africa in South Africa v. Israel (Genocide Convention), who presented the genocidal-acts argument on 11 January 2024 (Verbatim record CR 2024/1 — Public sitting of 11 January 2024, oral argument of South Africa (South Africa v. Israel), PDF p.4, p.21-31).
Details
- Her speech works through Article II(a) killing, II(b) serious bodily or mental harm, II(c) conditions of life — displacement, hunger, denial of shelter and sanitation, and the assault on the healthcare system — and II(d) reproductive violence, on UN statistics stated to be up to date as of 9 January 2024, including 23,210 Palestinians killed and close to 60,000 wounded (PDF p.21-29).
- She argues the acts, individually and collectively, form a calculated pattern of conduct indicating Genocidal intent, in six elements, and closes by quoting Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths: “The fighting must stop” (PDF p.30-31).
Related pages
Verbatim record CR 2024/1 — Public sitting of 11 January 2024, oral argument of South Africa (South Africa v. Israel), South Africa v. Israel (Genocide Convention), Genocide, Tembeka Ngcukaitobi