International Court of Justice (the “ICJ”)

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  • UK against Israel at ICJ 2025-05-02 23:09

    UK tells ICJ Israel must lift aid bans, comply with international law

    The United Kingdom told the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday that Israel must lift its restrictions on humanitarian assistance to Gaza, ensure civilian protection, and fully comply with international humanitarian law, Anadolu Agency reported.

  • Israel attack on Gaza aid ship 2025-05-02 23:03

    By Sahar Dadjoo

    Another stain in Israel’s infamous short history

    Israel attacks aid ship bound for Gaza with great impunity

    TEHRAN - On May 2, 2025, the Conscience, a vessel belonging to the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) carrying humanitarian aid and activists to Gaza, was attacked by armed drones in international waters near Malta. This act of aggression, which the FFC has attributed to Israel, caused a fire and significant damage to the ship, endangering the lives of the 30 human rights advocates on board.

  • US backs Israel at ICJ court 2025-04-30 22:05

    US tells ICJ that law allows Israel to attack UN agencies

    A U.S. official addressing the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Wednesday defended Israel's attacks on United Nations agencies in Gaza as potentially lawful, as Israel's full ban on humanitarian aid to the enclave nears two months. 

  • ICJ court was held regarding Israel crimes in Gaza 2025-04-29 22:23

    By Sahar Dadjoo

    Israel on trial in ICJ for Gaza aid restrictions

    TEHRAN - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) proceedings in The Hague from April 28 marked a critical juncture in the longstanding humanitarian and legal challenges posed by Israel's responsibilities towards Palestinians, specifically access to humanitarian aid in Gaza and the West Bank. 

  • Ambassador Ammar Hijazi, Palestinian Assistant Minister of Multilateral Affairs attends the hearings at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, the Netherlands on February 26, 2024 [Nik 2025-04-28 22:03

    Israel using Gaza aid as ‘weapon of war’: Palestinian envoy to ICJ

    A Palestinian envoy has told the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that Israel has used humanitarian aid as a “weapon of war” as Gaza faces humanitarian catastrophe due to months-long Israeli blockade.

  • Israel FM blast ICJ 2025-04-28 20:08

    Israel’s foreign minister blasts ICJ hearing on Gaza

    The Israeli foreign minister says the top UN court’s hearing on humanitarian aid to Gaza was part of a “systematic persecution and delegitimization” of his country.

  • 8 2025-04-08 22:03

    African Union expels Israeli ambassador from Rwanda genocide conference

    The African Union (AU) expelled an Israeli ambassador from a conference on the Rwanda genocide on Monday, the Israeli foreign ministry said.

  • Japanese 2025-03-04 21:03

    Japanese judge Yuji Iwasawa elected ICJ president, set to oversee Israeli genocide case

    The United Nations' top court has elected a Japanese judge as its new president to replace Nawaf Salam who resigned from the post in January to become the Lebanese prime minister.

  • mousavi 2024-12-07 22:26

    Unilateral sanctions hinder climate action, Iran tells ICJ

    TEHRAN – At the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, The Iranian foreign ministry’s director general of international legal affairs, Ali Mousavi, has denounced unilateral Westen sanctions for obstructing countries' ability to meet their climate change commitments.

  • The US has opposed South Africa's move against Israel at the ICJ 2024-09-23 21:57

    By Professor Hossein Askari

    Arab and Muslim countries must refer the United States to the ICJ

    America is complicit in Israeli crimes of genocide and ethnic cleansing

    PORTLAND - In December of 2023, the Republic of South Africa lodged a case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Israel for the crime of Genocide, a case that has been joined by many member countries of the United Nations (https://www.icj-cij.org/case/192). As the case has been moving ahead at the world’s highest court, two countries—Israel and the United States—have not been silent but in contravention to global opinion have attacked the Court and its proceedings. 

  • iran, israel, icj 2024-09-10 20:23

     ICJ rules show Israel responsible for Palestinian apartheid: official

    TEHRAN- The Iranian deputy head of Legal and International Affairs for the foreign ministry has asserted that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has identified the Zionist regime as accountable for acts of discrimination and apartheid against the Palestinian people. 

  • ICJ 2024-07-29 19:03

    Top lawyer: UK should stop arming Israel

    The UK should stop arming Israel in order to comply with the historic advisory opinion by the UN’s top court that member states should not “render aid or assistance” to the occupation of the Palestinian territories, a lawyer who represented Palestine has said.

  • ICJ 2024/07/21

    By Xavier Villar

    ICJ recognizes the colonial nature of the Zionist entity

    Occupation of Palestine is illegal

    MADRID - The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the main UN body for resolving disputes between states, has declared that Israel's ongoing presence in the occupied Palestinian territories is illegal and must end "as soon as possible."

  • Borrell 2024-07-21 22:57

    Borrell commends ICJ’s advisory opinion on Palestine

    The European Union’s foreign policy chief said the International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion that Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territory is unlawful and needs to end is “largely consistent with EU positions”.

  • Israel committing war crimes in Gaza 2024-07-21 20:03

    By Professor Hossein Askari

    Is America for or against the international rule of law?

    As it undermines the UN to the point of no return

    Let’s begin with the latest ruling from the United Nation’s highest court, the International Court of Justice (ICJ): Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories is illegal. The ICJ rendered its all-encompassing judgment on Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and its settlements, calling for an end to Israel’s presence there. Under United Nations charter, the opinion, while not binding, carries legal weight.

  • HRW 2024-07-20 22:27

    HRW: ICJ ruling on Israeli occupation should be wake-up call for US

    The executive director of Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said the International Court of Justice ruling had, for the first time, also found Israel responsible for instituting “apartheid” against Palestinians.

  • ICJ 2024-07-19 18:41

    ICJ: Settlements in West Bank illegal

    The International Court of Justice said on Friday it can give a non-binding advisory opinion on Israel's “occupation” of Palestinian territories, rejecting calls by Israel and a handful of other countries to refuse to give one.

  • Cuba ICJ 2024-06-22 21:53

    Cuba joins ICJ genocide case against Israel

    Cuba announced on 21 June that it will join South Africa's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The case accuses Israel of committing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza, the Cradle reported.

  • Israel Gaza war 2024-05-25 20:21

    By Shahrokh Saei

    Israeli coup against international law

    Why is the US reluctant to pressure Israel to halt the Gaza onslaught?

    TEHRAN- Israel has scaled up brutal attacks in the Gaza Strip despite an order by the International Court of Justice directing the regime to halt its military operations in Rafah.

  • ICJ 2024-05-24 22:55

    By Shahrokh Saei

    ICJ orders Israel to halt Rafah offensive

    Israel has butchered 35,800 Palestinians and wounded over 80,000 others in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7

    TEHRAN- Israel has slipped further into international isolation after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered the regime to stop its offensive in Rafah.

  • ICJ 2024-05-24 17:09

    ICJ orders Israel to 'immediately halt' Rafah offensive

    The International Court of Justice at The Hague on Friday ordered Israel to halt its military operations in Rafah in response to a request by South Africa for provisional measures to protect the Palestinian population in Gaza.

  • Israel denies genocide at ICJ hearing, tries to justify Gaza massacres 2024-05-17 21:37

    By Shahrokh Saei

    Transparent lies

    Israel denies genocide at ICJ hearing, tries to justify Gaza massacres

    TEHRAN - Israel used its notorious propaganda machine at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) by citing the most outrageous lies in an attempt to distract global attention away from the atrocious crimes that it has been committing in the Gaza Strip since October 7.

  • Germany genocide 2024-04-08 23:06

    Nicaragua asks ICJ to end Germany’s support of Israeli ‘genocide’ in Gaza

    Nicaragua asked the International Court of Justice on Monday to order Germany to halt military arms exports to Israel and to resume its funding of the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA, saying there is a serious risk of genocide in Gaza.

  • ICJ 2024-04-07 22:29

    ICJ to hold hearings over Germany “genocide” case in Gaza

    Preliminary hearings open on Monday at the UN’s top court in a case that seeks an end to German military and other aid to Israel, based on claims that Berlin is “facilitating” acts of genocide and breaches of international law in Israel’s war in Gaza.

  • Israel ICJ 2024-03-11 22:58

    Rights groups: Israel failed to comply with ICJ ruling

    Twelve of Israel’s most prominent human rights organizations have signed an open letter accusing the regime of failing to comply with the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) provisional ruling that it should facilitate access to humanitarian aid in Gaza.

  • ICJ 2024-03-04 23:00

    By Sepehr Saremi

    International Court of Justice, ha-ha

    TEHRAN - On October 28, 2023, an article titled "The Humiliation of International Law" was penned by me for the Tehran Times. However, witnessing South Africa initiate proceedings against the Zionist regime on December 29, 2023, regarding violations of the Genocide Convention in the Gaza Strip at the International Court of Justice (ICJ/ Court), my perspective shifted.

  • ICJ 2024-03-02 22:25

    Nicaragua pursues Germany at ICJ over military support for Israel

    Nicaragua has filed a case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Germany over financial and military aid to Israel amid its war on Gaza.

  • rsi 2024-02-26 22:33

    President tells legal team to be assertive in defending Iranian people’s rights

    TEHRAN – During a meeting on Monday, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi ordered the Department of Legal Affairs to take an offensive approach in dealing with cases that involve the rights of the Iranian nation. 

  • ICJ 2024-02-23 22:19

    Iran urges rapid halt to Israeli atrocities against Palestinians

    TEHRAN- Reza Najafi, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs, has noted that Israel’s atrocities against the Palestinians must end immediately.

  • ICJ 2024-02-19 22:44

    By Shahrokh Saei

    ICJ reviews occupation of Palestinian lands, as Gaza death toll tops 29,000

    TEHRAN-Israel’s decades-long atrocious crimes against Palestinian people once again grab the headlines as the International Court of Justice holds public hearings on the legal consequences of the regime’s occupation of Palestinian territories.