South Africa has asked the International Court of Justice to rule that Israel is guilty of “genocidal acts” in Gaza. The architects of the Genocide Convention intended it to be used to stop the mass killing of civilians before it is too late.
The only questions I am left with are: why did it take so long, and why haven’t more countries invoked the Conventions? As the article points out “States have an obligation to prevent genocide, not merely to punish it after it has occurred.”
The only questions I am left with are: why did it take so long, and why haven’t more countries invoked the Conventions? As the article points out “States have an obligation to prevent genocide, not merely to punish it after it has occurred.”
Because then their laws usually force them to try and stop it and nobody wants to go against the the USA