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Dr Andrew Forde responds to the furore over Ireland's intention to intervene in cases brought against Israel and Myanmar under the Genocide Convention. On 11 December, Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin announced Ireland’s intention to intervene in the

The Irish government has reaffirmed its strong support for international law after the Israeli government announced it would shut its Dublin embassy in retaliation for Ireland's planned intervention at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Ministers agreed last Wednesday to intervene in the ICJ

Ireland is set to ask the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to broaden its interpretation of "genocide" in the case brought by South Africa against Israel, according to reports. Ministers will today formally decide, at the first Cabinet meeting since the general election, whether to intervene in

The Irish government intends to intervene in South Africa's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) by the end of the year, Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said. Notwithstanding the Irish election taking place later this month, Mr Martin yesterday told TDs that work

Israel is unlawfully occupying the Palestinian territories of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem and is obliged under international law to withdraw its forces and dismantle its settlements as rapidly as possible, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled.

Israel is defying an International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling ordering it to halt its military offensive in Rafah, the city in the southern Gaza Strip where nearly 1.5 million Palestinians are sheltering. After considering an application from South Africa, the UN's top court on Friday ordered Isr

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ordered Israel to allow humanitarian aid to reach Palestinians in Gaza as "famine is setting in". The UN court was asked by South Africa around a month ago to make further provisional measures in its case against Israel.

Ireland will make an intervention in the genocide case brought by South Africa against Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the government has confirmed. Officials have been directed to begin working on a declaration of intervention which will be filed, subject to ministerial approval

The International Court of Justice has ordered Israel to take all measures to prevent genocidal acts in Gaza. South Africa brought the case to the court, asking it to order Israel to stop military action until it could come to a decision on whether the country had committed genocide.

The Irish government has indicated it will "strongly consider" making an intervention in South Africa's case against Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ). South Africa has alleged that Israel is breaching the 1948 Genocide Convention through acts and omissions "intended to bring about

Ireland has filed an intervention at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as a third party in the case taken by Ukraine against the Russian Federation under the Genocide Convention. Ukraine instituted proceedings against the Russian Federation in February. In its application to the court, Ukrain

The International Court of Justice has ordered Russia to end its invasion of Ukraine. “The Russian Federation shall immediately suspend the military operations that it commenced on Feb 24, 2022 on the territory of Ukraine,” judges at the United Nations’ highest court said in a 13-2

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will make a ruling this afternoon on proceedings brought by Ukraine against Russia over the legal basis for its ongoing invasion. Ukraine denies Russian allegations that it has committed acts of genocide in the territory of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People'

Philip Alston, the John Norton Pomeroy professor of law at NYU School of Law, argues that gender diversity on the International Court of Justice must be taken more seriously. In Is There a Special Practice?, Antonios Tzanakopoulos has written a very learned post seeking to dispel the notion that the

Myanmar has been ordered by the International Court of Justice to take emergency measures to prevent a genocide of the Rohingya. In a unanimous order issued by 17 judges, the court upheld provisions of the Genocide Convention and said that Myanmar had "caused irreparable damage to the rights of the