Entre el formalismo jurídico en la aplicación de las medidas provisionales de la Corte Internacional de Justicia y los principios elementales de humanidad: el caso de Sudáfrica contra Israel

Libia Arenal Lora

doi:10.26422/RJA.2024.0501.are

Libia Arenal Lora Universidad de Sevilla https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7218-414X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26422/RJA.2024.0501.are

Keywords: genocide, International Court of Justice, provisional measures, suspension of military operations

Abstract

This article analyzes the procedure for requesting and ordering provisional measures in the South Africa versus Israel case regarding the application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip in order to infer the reasons why the International Court of Justice has not considered or ruled on this provisional measure and to state what possibilities South Africa has to request these measures again if new facts or circumstances arise in March 2024.

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Libia Arenal Lora, Universidad de Sevilla

Licenciada en Derecho (Universidad Complutense de Madrid). Magíster Universitario en Desarrollo y Cooperación (Universidad Complutense de Madrid). Diploma de Estudios Avanzados (Universidad Pablo de Olavide). Doctora en Derecho (Derecho Internacional Público, Universidad de Sevilla). Directora de la Fundación para la Cooperación APY-Solidaridad (Sevilla, España). Profesora asociada de Derecho Internacional Público (Universidad de Sevilla).

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Between the Legal Formalism in the Application of Provisional Measures by the International Court of Justice and the Elementary Principles of Humanity: The Case of South Africa against Israel

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