FACT CHECK · GENOCIDE, ICJ/ICC/UN, GAZA DEATH TOLL
Claim: The Jan 2024 ICJ order was not a verdict
CONTEXTTHE ANSWER
26 Jan 2024: emergency (provisional) measures, before the merits. The Court found prima facie jurisdiction and some rights South Africa claims plausible. Whether genocide occurred is not decided.
SOURCE
ICJ order of 26 Jan 2024 (case 192), paras 30-32, 54
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