According to the representative of Germany, the genocide charge brought by Nicaragua at the International Court of Justice is based on distortion.
Germany defended itself against genocide charges at the International Court of Justice in The Hague on Tuesday, saying that guaranteeing Israel’s security has historically been at the center of German foreign policy.
Nicaragua sued Germany in court, accusing it of violating an international treaty prohibiting genocide. According to Nicaragua, Germany has neglected its obligation to prevent the genocide of the Palestinians by, among other things, supplying Israel with weapons. Germany rejected the charge.
– Germany has supported Israel, among other things, by exporting weapons and other military supplies, but Nicaragua has distorted the quality and purpose of these supplies, said Tania von Uslar-Gleichen, who represented Germany at the court.
Germany’s representatives at the court described Nicaragua’s accusations that German-supplied ammunition was being used in Gaza as completely baseless.
Germany’s UNRWA support continues
Nicaragua is demanding that the International Court of Justice order Germany to stop supporting Israel immediately and reverse its decision to end its support for UNRWA, the UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees. Christian Tams, another lawyer representing Germany, noted at the court hearing that Germany has since resumed supporting UNRWA.
Germany and many other Western countries, Finland among them, suspended their support for UNRWA in January when suspicions emerged that some of the organization’s staff had been involved in the extremist organization Hamas’s attack on Israel last October.
According to Nicaragua, Germany’s support for Israel violates the 1948 UN Convention on the Prohibition of Genocide. Nazi Germany murdered millions of Jews and other ethnic groups during World War II.
The trial began on Monday, when Nicaragua presented its case. Court proceedings can take several years, and it is believed that even a preliminary decision will take weeks.
Source: STT-AFP
Corrected on April 9 at 15:37 the author of the article to STT and added the source at the end.