I wanted to be sure to carefully re-read South Africa’s written submission to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) re: Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel). As such, I decided to start recording as I read it so others would have easy access to listen to it and so I would have access to listen whenever I wanted. It is an extremely detailed submission which lays the South African case out systematically. It isn’t perfect as I’m not a lawyer or a professional audio book narrator. I am going to record about 20-25 minutes every day or two and upload it here – it will likely be about 10 days before it is all available. Please listen, download, distribute – I hope it is useful to some of you.
Day 1: I. Introduction II. Jurisdiction of the Court
Day 2: III. The Facts: B. Background: Part 1(a): The Gaza Strip (tomorrow or Monday): Part 1(b) The Gaza Strip
Day 3: III. The Facts: B. Background: Part 1(b): The Gaza Strip:
Day 4: III. The Facts: B. Background: Part 2: The West Bank
Day 5: III. The Facts: C. Part 1: Genocidal Acts Committed against the Palestinian People (tomorrow Part 2)
(Note: These recordings are not the oral arguments from January 12th, 2024 (transcript here). They are the original 84-page submission from December 29, 2023)