Nicaragua requests to join South Africa in genocide lawsuit against Israel. The Central American country announced last month that it intends to join Pretoria in the lawsuit.
The lawsuit accuses Israel of violating the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention of Genocide due to its war on the Gaza Strip. Two weeks ago, the court's judges issued a decision to impose emergency measures on Israel, but they stopped short of calling for an end to the fighting. The International Court of Justice has only in rare cases agreed to such intervention requested by Nicaragua.