PALESTINE REMAINS the GREATEST TEST of the CREDIBILITY of INTERNATIONAL LAW
February 19, 2024Many states will…stand here on principle to defend the international law based order, and millions around the world will be watching, hoping that their faith in the international system can be restored,”” Palestinian Foreign Minister, Riyad Al-Maliki stated during a groundbreaking hearing at the International Court of Justice in The Hague today.
“”Palestine remains the greatest test of the credibility of this international law based order. A test humanity cannot afford to fail.””
Mr al-Maliki made a compelling case emphasizing that the genocide being witnessed in Gaza today is the result of decades of impunity and inaction.
“Ending Israel’s impunity is a moral, political and legal imperative. Successive Israeli governments have given the Palestinian people only three options. Displacement, subjugation or death. These are the choices. Ethnic cleansing, apartheid or genocide. But our people are here to stay. They have a right to live in freedom and dignity in their ancestral land. They will not forsake their rights.”
As the ICJ deliberates on this historic case, the world waits with bated breath for a resolution that could redefine the course of justice in the region.
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Riyad Al Maliki: Many states will also stand before this court, informed by their own history of occupation, colonialism and apartheid. They will stand here on principle to defend the international law based order, and millions around the world will be watching, hoping that their faith in the international system can be restored and that the Palestinian people will not be abandoned or discarded as expendable. Palestine remains the greatest test of the credibility of this international law based order. A test humanity cannot afford to fail. The genocide underway in Gaza is a result of decades of impunity and inaction. Ending Israel’s impunity is a moral, political and legal imperative. Successive Israeli governments have given the Palestinian people only three options. Displacement, subjugation or death. These are the choices. Ethnic cleansing, apartheid or genocide. But our people are here to stay. They have a right to live in freedom and dignity in their ancestral land. They will not forsake their rights. I thus implore you as you hear the legal arguments, not to forget the Palestinian people, not to forget that our people are struggling every day for their survival as individuals, families, communities, as a nation. That less than a month ago, this court ordered provisional measures in a landmark case brought by the Republic of South Africa against Israel under the Genocide Convention. An order that Israel continues to defy with impunity. For decades, Israel has occupied the Palestinian territory, committing violations that are inherent to its presence in our land and colonial objective. For over a century, the inalienable right of the Palestinian people to self-determination has been denied and violated. Palestine was not a land without a people. It was not, as Israeli leaders have described it, a wasteland. There was life on this land. There was a political life, a cultural life, a social life, a religious life. It had schools and universities, cinemas and cultural halls. It had villages and villagers. Families and communities whose life was disrupted by the impact of a promise made thousands of miles away over a hundred years ago.
