Summary
Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa to the Kingdom of the Netherlands and South Africa’s Agent in South Africa v. Israel (Genocide Convention), who opened South Africa’s oral 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.17-18).
Details
- As Agent he presented South Africa’s framing: recognition of “the ongoing Nakba of the Palestinian people through Israel’s colonization since 1948”, the institutionalized régime subjecting Palestinians to Apartheid on both sides of the Green Line, and the genocidal acts as part of a continuum within 75-year apartheid, 56-year occupation and the 16-year siege of Gaza (PDF p.17).
- He cited CERD’s 21 December 2023 warning and the warnings of 37 UN Special Rapporteurs, and noted the Palestinian representatives present in Court before calling Ronald Lamola to make the substantive opening remarks (PDF p.17-18).
- He closed the sitting for South Africa with the Final Submissions, reading the nine provisional measures requested verbatim (PDF p.82-84).
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), South Africa, Ronald Lamola