Genocide Convention Tag

[Luciano Pezzano is Professor of Human Rights at the University of Business and Social Sciences (UCES, Argentina) and Lecturer of Public International Law at the National University of Cordoba (UNC, Argentina)] On 5 March 2025, the Republic of Sudan instituted proceedings before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against the United Arab Emirates (UAE), for breaches of the Genocide Convention. The...

[Michael A Becker is Assistant Professor of International and European Human Rights Law at Trinity College Dublin] On 5 March 2025, Sudan instituted proceedings against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in relation to alleged violations of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide. Based on allegations that UAE is supporting genocidal...

[Yonah Diamond is Senior Legal Counsel at the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights] In recent years, States have increasingly turned to the ICJ to consider claims under the Genocide Convention, particularly to intervene in outbreaks of mass violence, based on its Article IX compromissory clause, giving the Court jurisdiction over disputes under the Convention. The full provision reads as follows:  Disputes...