WHILE still dealing with the harrowing remnants of nearly 50 years of apartheid and having coined the term, the eyes of the world have fallen on South Africa as it hauls Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) this week.
SA has assembled a formidable team of lawyers to take on the mammoth lawsuit at the ICJ under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (the Genocide Convention) namely John Dugard SC, Tembeka Ngcukaitobi SC, Adila Hassim SC, Max du Plessis SC, together with Tshidiso Ramogale, Sarah Pudifin-Jones, Lerato Zikalala, Vaughan Lowe KC and Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh KC.
The ICJ, also known as the “World Court” confirmed that South Africa’s case would be heard through public hearings held on Thursday and Friday. Malaysia, Türkiye,…