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Nicaragua alleges that Germany violated the UN Genocide Conference by supplying Israel regardless that it knew there was a threat of genocide.
Nicaragua has requested the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice to order Germany to cease supplying arms to Israel.
The case joins two others already in courtroom involving Israel.
The Nicaragua case is extra complete, primarily based on each the genocide and Geneva conventions, and is notable for being the primary case involving two international locations circuitously concerned in alleged atrocities.
Governments world wide will undoubtedly take observe.
So, what does this case imply for different international locations that contribute to Israel's intensive navy community?
Presenter: James Baze
Visitor:
Matthias Goldmann – Senior Analysis Fellow on the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Legislation and Worldwide Legislation
Diana Buttu – Palestinian lawyer and advocate of the Palestinian trigger
Kenneth Roth – visiting professor on the Princeton Faculty for Public and Worldwide Affairs and former government director of Human Rights Watch