has the International Court of Justice said there is a plausible risk of genocide in the enclave?

Within La France insoumise (LFI), an argument regularly arises to assert that international law would recognize a clear risk of genocide in Gaza. Thus, Manuel Bompard, LFI deputy for Bouches-du-Rhône, affirmed on April 2 on Sud Radio that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) said, in January, that there is a plausible risk of genocide in Gaza .

The ICJ decision to which the Rebels refer dates back to January and was issued following a complaint from South Africa, which claimed that Israel was perpetrating genocidal acts in Gaza, as Nicolas Carvalho recalls. , journalist with the “true or false” unit, present on the set of 19/20 info, Tuesday April 30.

The ICJ “did not rule on the merits of the subject”

In its decision, the Court said: “At the present stage of the proceedings, the Court is not required to determine whether Israel has failed to fulfill any of its obligations under the Genocide Convention. Such a conclusion could only be made by the Court at the stage of the examination of the merits of the present case.” “The ICJ therefore considers that the South African complaint is admissible, but it has not ruled on the merits of the subject”summarizes Nicolas Carvalho. “The ICJ did not indicate that the accusation of genocide was plausible”said Joan Donoghue, former director of the ICJ, on April 26 on the BBC.