Flags of Palestine and Nicaragua. File photo.
Nicaragua submitted its response to the preliminary objections filed by Germany before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in its case with the aim of compeling Germany to stop providing political, financial and military support to Israel amid the Zionist entity’s âcampaign of destructionâ against the Palestinian people.
On Monday, February 23, Nicaragua presented its written response to Germanyâs preliminary objections on jurisdiction and admissibility in the case âregarding the failure to comply with certain international obligations with respect to the occupied Palestinian territory.â
Nicaraguaâs written response concerning the preliminary objections and admissibility were submitted in a timely manner, as required by the ICJ in its procedural order.
The filing âhas been submitted in fulfillment of Nicaraguaâs international obligations to take all necessary measures to halt violations of the most fundamental norms of international law against the Palestinian people.â
Nicaragua also reaffirmed âits firm commitment to the rule of law at the international level and the peaceful settlement of disputes between states.â
On April 8, 2024, Nicaragua requested the ICJ to order Germany to cease providing political, financial and military support to the Zionist entity âin light of its campaign of destructionâ against the Palestinian people, arguing that the German support violates the Genocide Convention.
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At that time, Nicaragua also urged Germany to differentiate its commitment to the âJewish peopleâ from that to the âIsraeli government.â Later that same month, however, the ICJ declined to order provisional measures to halt Germanyâs arms sales to Israel.
Nicaragua maintains that Germany is violating the 1948 UN Genocide Convention, established after the Holocaust. It also alleges that Berlin is facilitating the commission of genocide in Gaza by withdrawing its funding from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
For its part, Germany claimed at the ICJ that Israelâs security is âat the centerâ of German foreign policy and has rejected Nicaraguaâs accusations that it is facilitating genocide in Gaza through its arms sales to the Zionist entity.
