The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has begun its two days of hearings to consider Nicaragua’s request

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has begun its two days of hearings to consider Nicaragua’s request that emergency measures be imposed on Germany over its support for Israel’s war on Gaza.

Nicaragua argues that, by providing political, financial and military support to Israel and by defunding the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), Germany is “facilitating the commission of genocide”.

In January, after a case brought by South Africa, the court ordered Israel to prevent acts of genocide in its war on Gaza.