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Nicaragua files lawsuit against Germany for aiding and abetting genocide

The Nicaraguan government issued a press release on Friday evening (local time) announcing the official filing of a lawsuit against Germany before the International Court of Justice in The Hague for the crime of aiding and abetting genocide:

The Government of Reconciliation and National Unity informs the people of Nicaragua and the international community that it has today filed a complaint before the International Court of Justice against the Federal Republic of Germany for violations of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide; the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols; the non-derogable principles of international humanitarian law; and other peremptory norms of general international law with respect to the occupied Palestinian territories, particularly the Gaza Strip. (...)

With all the publicly available news and video footage of the atrocities as they occurred, together with the statements of international officials and the Court's decision of 26 January 2024, Germany can demonstrate its knowledge of the atrocities. January 2024, Germany cannot deny its knowledge of the grave unlawfulness of Israel's conduct, nor can it deny that this knowledge creates obligations for Germany under international law to prevent genocide, not to provide aid or assistance or to be complicit in genocide, and to ensure compliance with the rules of international humanitarian law and other peremptory norms of international law, such as not providing aid or assistance. For example, not to provide aid or assistance and to prevent the illegal apartheid regime and the denial of the Palestinian people's right to self-determination.

Germany has supported Israel politically, financially and militarily, although it knew at the time of the authorization that the military equipment would be used to commit serious violations of international law. (...)

Germany is aware of the deadly practical consequences of its decision to cut funding to UNRWA, which amounts to a collective punishment of millions of Palestinians, especially the population of the Gaza Strip, as they are condemned to starvation, starvation and disease if UNRWA ceases its activities.

Faced with this situation, Nicaragua sent a note verbale to Germany on February 2, 2024, in which it called on its government to immediately stop supplying arms, ammunition, technology and/or components to Israel and to remind the country of its obligations under international law. Nicaragua also complained about Germany's decision to suspend funding for UNRWA. Regrettably, the deliveries of military weapons and other supplies that can be used for the injustices committed have neither stopped nor decreased. On the contrary, they have increased and are now contributing to the fact that UNRWA will soon have to cease its activities due to a lack of funds.

Germany continues to ignore its obligations and actively supports Israel's violations of the norms of international law, to the grave and direct detriment of the Palestinian people, especially the residents of Gaza, and the international community. (...)
- https://www.jungewelt.de/artikel/470587.nicaragua-reicht-klage-gegen-deutschland-wegen-beihilfe-zum-v%C3%B6lkermord-ein.html
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