yes the democratic party also sucks but you know what sucks more? republicans winning elections because the left is too idealistic to vote. fuck you. not only would that have massive repercussions on human rights and just about every social issue in your country but it influences international politics too dipshit!! a far right government in the us is bad for the whole world!! i dont care that you dont like liberals you dont have to like them just fucking vote for the party that doesnt want poc and queer people dead. yes even if they have shit stances on things like israel. because its better than having a republican government. fucks sake
i just. i want to grip these people by the shoulders and shake them. i dont care that you dont like biden. i dont like biden. but if your other options are trump and desantis you have a moral obligation to vote for the guy that isnt trump or desantis. abstaining wont get you a better government that doesnt contribute to genocide itll get you a far right government that contributes to genocide even harder
South Africa has launched a case at the United Nations' top court accusing Israel of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and asking the co
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — South Africa launched a case Friday at the United Nations' top court accusing Israel of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and asking the court to order Israel to halt its attacks — the first such challenge made at the court over the current war. Israel swiftly rejected the filing "with disgust."
South Africa's submission to the International Court of Justice alleges that "acts and omissions by Israel … are genocidal in character" as they are committed with the intent "to destroy Palestinians in Gaza" as a part of the broader Palestinian national, racial and ethnic group.
South Africa has been a fierce critic of Israel's military campaign in Gaza. Many there, including President Cyril Ramaphosa, have compared Israel's policies regarding Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank with South Africa's past apartheid regime of racial segregation.
South Africa asked The Hague-based court to issue an interim order for Israel to immediately suspend its military operations in Gaza. A hearing into that request is likely in the coming days or weeks. The case, if it goes ahead, will take years, but an interim order could be issued within weeks.
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South Africa can bring the case under the Genocide Convention because both it and Israel are signatories to it.
Whether the case will succeed in halting the war remains to be seen. While the court's orders are legally binding, they are not always followed. In March 2022, the court ordered Russia to halt hostilities in Ukraine, a binding legal ruling that Moscow flouted as it pressed ahead with its attacks.
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The ICC prosecutes individuals for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide, while the International Court of Justice settles disputes between nations.
Balkees Jarrah, associate international justice director at Human Rights Watch, said South Africa's case "provides an important opportunity for the International Court of Justice to scrutinize Israel's actions in Gaza using the Genocide Convention of 1948." She said South Africa is looking to the United Nations' highest judicial body "to provide clear, definitive answers on the question of whether Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people."
Jarrah stressed that the ICJ case "is not a criminal case against individual alleged perpetrators, and it does not involve the International Criminal Court (ICC), a separate body. But the ICJ case should also propel greater international support for impartial justice at the ICC and other credible venues."
Det gik op for mig mellem smøgerne, som jeg egentligt ikke rigtigt gad at ryge og tequila shotsene som jeg skar ansigt af, at jeg faktisk ikke længere kan lide at gå i byen. På nogle punkter forstod jeg faktisk ikke hvorfor jeg var der. Fordi jeg skulle være der, for at være ung og sjov og spændende? For at drikke tequila shot som der havde en eftersmag af onde tømmermænd og bitter fortrydelse? For ryge smøger, som jeg egentlig ikke gad at ryge? For at søge validering fra fyre, som jeg egentligt ikke gad at have? Jeg savner at være ung og naiv og spændt på hvad natten har at byde på
