The International Court of Justice announced that it “has received a request from the United Nations General Assembly to provide an advisory opinion (legal advisory opinion) on Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem. Vafa that “the request was conveyed to her in a letter sent by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on 17 January and the request was registered last Thursday.”
For its part, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry called on “fraternal and friendly countries to submit their legal documents to the International Court of Justice and their opinion on the legitimacy of the Israeli colonial occupation of the land of the State of Palestine and its impact on all rights.”
And she explained that “Palestinian diplomacy is ready to cope with this great challenge and follow the instructions of the Palestinian leadership, by all means to achieve and protect the rights of our people until the end of the occupation and achieve independence”, emphasizing that he “follows his missions in the United Nations and in The Hague for these technical measures, up to and including inviting states to submit written and oral statements.
And she confirmed, “having received an official letter from the Registrar of the International Court of Justice, Philip Gauther, informing the State of Palestine and the countries concerned of the need to appear before the court”, noting that the procedures are in their usual form, and are based on the legal rules of the court, and must be respected procedural rules.
The UN General Assembly adopted by majority vote a draft resolution on Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, at its session held on December 30, 2022.
