As a signatory to the Genocide Convention, Australia is obliged to prevent any action that further risks the survival of the Palestinian people and failure to do so risks complicity in genocide. In the absence of a response from the Australian government to the ICJ ruling, at least 81 groups representing civil society are observing with concern Australia’s failure to act to prevent genocide in Gaza, and have made the following submission to the International Court of Justice.
International Court of JusticePeace PalaceCarnegie Plein 22517 KJ The HagueThe Netherlands27 February 2024
To whom it may concern,
On 26 January the ICJ identified in its interim response to South Africa’s submission, that genocide in Gaza is plausible.