26.01.2024 - 15:31 [ Mai El-Sadany, Human Rights Lawyer / Twitter ]

@CIJ_ICJ stopped short of calling for a ceasefire, which many hoped for. However, for ICJ to order Israel not to commit genocide is a step that has the potential to mobilize support for a ceasefire + to add serious weight to calls made by states, aid agencies, activists. (3)

@CIJ_ICJ‘s decision puts Israel on notice on the global stage. It‘s a binding order that is relevant to every single action Israel takes in Gaza from here on out. It‘s context that every journalist, CSO, advocate, state, and aid agency should be citing to going forward. (4)

Could the @CIJ_ICJ have done more? Absolutely. Could it have done less? Also yes.

But the strength and impact of these provisional measures will be about how we use them and how we fold them into what‘s next — politically, legally, and in advocacy. (5)

But today isn‘t just about the provisional measures issued by @CIJ_ICJ, it‘s about the fact that the court described what was happening to the people of Gaza in plain terms. It cited to Israeli official statements dehumanizing Palestinians + justifying its behavior. (6)

In the face of erasure, misinformation, disinformation, and propaganda for over +100 days, the world‘s highest court today, @CIJ_ICJ, created a platform for historical record to be preserved and for Palestinian lived experiences to be platformed.