GENEVA, (PIC)
The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor provided the South African legal team and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) with an initial memorandum detailing the most prominent mass graves that were established in the Gaza Strip during the ongoing Israeli genocide war launched since Oct. 7.
Euro-Med also provided South Africa’s legal team before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) with other memoranda about mass killings, targeting of the health sector, and the genocide war outcomes in the Gaza Strip since South Africa submitted an application to institute proceedings against Israel on Dec. 29, 2023, for Israeli violations under the Genocide Convention.
The Euro-Med further submitted an additional memorandum documenting the Israeli army’s crimes since South Africa filed a lawsuit in the International Court for Justice (ICJ) until Jan.9. According to the memorandum, the Israeli army has killed 2,124 Palestinians and injured 3,463 during the reported period.
The Euro-Med memorandum on mass graves included a preliminary monitoring of the dates, numbers, and information for dozens of graves that were established in the Gaza Strip over the past three months.
The memorandum also included the mass graves that had been established in various parts of the Gaza Strip in order to bury dozens of unidentified dead bodies that had gathered for days in the courtyards of hospitals and shelter centers, and other mass graves that people resorted to establishing for being unable to reach the main cemeteries.
The Euro-Med’s memorandum comes on the eve of the ICJ two public hearings on Thursday and Friday (January 11 and 12) at the court’s headquarters in The Hague, regarding South Africa’s application to institute proceedings against Israel for its violations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.
South Africa’s application contains a Request for the Indication of Provisional Measures, requiring the court to make an initial ruling on the case, in order to “protect against further, severe and irreparable harm to the rights of the Palestinian people under the Genocide Convention” and to ensure Israel’s compliance with its obligations under the Genocide Convention not to engage in genocide, and to prevent and to punish genocide.
