Bolivia joins countries that have filed a genocide lawsuit against Israel

Bolivia has joined the genocide case filed by South Africa against the Israeli occupation entity before the International Court of Justice.

The International Court of Justice website states that Bolivia, based on Article 63 of the Statute of the Court, has submitted a declaration to join the case concerning the application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip, in the case filed by South Africa against Israel.

It continued: “In order to benefit from the right of intervention granted under Article 63, Bolivia relies on its status as a party to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and considers that the interpretation of Articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 9 of the Genocide Convention is relevant in the present case, and that Bolivia in its declaration specifies its interpretation of these provisions.”

The court added: “Under Article 83 of the Rules of Court, South Africa and “Israel” were invited to submit written observations on the declaration of intervention.”

South Africa filed the case last December, asserting that the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip violates the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide signed in 1948.

Before Bolivia, Colombia, Libya, Spain and Mexico joined this case against the Israeli entity.

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