Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem

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Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem - The Court gives its Advisory Opinion and responds to the questions posed by the General Assembly

Summary of the Advisory Opinion of 19 July 2024

Dissenting opinion of Vice-President Sebutinde

Joint opinion of Judges Tomka, Abraham and Aurescu

Joint declaration of Judges Nolte and Cleveland

Separate opinion of Judge Gómez Robledo

Separate opinion of Judge Cleveland

Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (Request for Advisory Opinion) - The Court to deliver its Advisory Opinion on Friday 19 July 2024 at 3 p.m.

Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (Request for Advisory Opinion) - Conclusion of the public hearings held from 19 to 26 February 2024

Public sitting held on Monday 26 February 2024, at 3 p.m., at the Peace Palace, President Salam presiding, on the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (Request for advisory opinion submitted by the General Assembly of the United Nations)

Public sitting held on Monday 26 February 2024, at 10 a.m., at the Peace Palace, President Salam presiding, on the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (Request for advisory opinion submitted by the General Assembly of the United Nations)

Public sitting held on Friday 23 February 2024, at 3 p.m., at the Peace Palace, President Salam presiding, on the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (Request for advisory opinion submitted by the General Assembly of the United Nations)

Public sitting held on Friday 23 February 2024, at 10 a.m., at the Peace Palace, President Salam presiding, on the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (Request for advisory opinion submitted by the General Assembly of the United Nations)

Public sitting held on Thursday 22 February 2024, at 3 p.m., at the Peace Palace, President Salam presiding, on the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (Request for advisory opinion submitted by the General Assembly of the United Nations)

Public sitting held on Thursday 22 February 2024, at 10 a.m., at the Peace Palace, President Salam presiding, on the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (Request for advisory opinion submitted by the General Assembly of the United Nations)

Public sitting held on Wesdnesday 21 February 2024, at 3 p.m., at the Peace Palace, President Salam presiding, on the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (Request for advisory opinion submitted by the General Assembly of the United Nations)

Public sitting held on Wesdnesday 21 February 2024, at 10 a.m., at the Peace Palace, President Salam presiding, on the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (Request for advisory opinion submitted by the General Assembly of the United Nations)

Public sitting held on Tuesday 20 February 2024, at 3 p.m., at the Peace Palace, President Salam presiding, on the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (Request for advisory opinion submitted by the General Assembly of the United Nations)

Public sitting held on Tuesday 20 February 2024, at 10 a.m., at the Peace Palace, President Salam presiding, on the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (Request for advisory opinion submitted by the General Assembly of the United Nations)

Public sitting held on Monday 19 February 2024, at 10 a.m., at the Peace Palace, President Salam presiding, on the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (Request for advisory opinion submitted by the General Assembly of the United Nations)

Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (Request for Advisory Opinion) - Public hearings to be held from Monday 19 to Monday 26 February 2024

Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (Request for Advisory Opinion) - Filing of written comments

Written comments of the League of Arab States

Written comments of the United States of America

Written comments of the State of Palestine

Written comments of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (Request for Advisory Opinion) - Public hearings to open on Monday 19 February 2024

Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (Request for Advisory Opinion) - Filing of written statements

Written statement of the United States of America

Written statement of the United Kingdom

Written statement of the African Union

Written statement of the United Arab Emirates

Written statement of the Russian Federation

Written statement of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation

Written statement of the State of Palestine

Written statement of the League of Arab States

Written statement of the State of Israel

Part II (D): Human rights documentation

Part II (D): Human rights documentation

Part II (D) 2 - Human Rights Council

Part II (D) 3 - Commission on Human Rights

Part II (D) 4 - Human rights treaty bodies

Part II (D) 5 - Universal periodic review

List of Documents Part 2 (documents received from the Secretariat of the United Nations)

List of Documents Part 2 (documents received from the Secretariat of the United Nations)

Introductory Note Part 2 (documents received from the Secretariat of the United Nations)

Introductory Note Part 2 (documents received from the Secretariat of the United Nations)

Part II (C) - Security Council (documents received from the Secretariat of the United Nations)

Part II (C) - Security Council (documents received from the Secretariat of the United Nations)

Part II (B) - General Assembly Emergency Special Sessions (documents received from the Secretariat of the United Nations)

Part II (B) - General Assembly Emergency Special Sessions (documents received from the Secretariat of the United Nations)

Part II (A) - Material of the United Nations Relating to the Questions before the Court (documents received from the Secretariat of the United Nations)

Part II (A) - Material of the United Nations Relating to the Questions before the Court (documents received from the Secretariat of the United Nations)

Part II (A) 2 - Living Conditions of the Palestinian People

Part II (A) 3 - Palestinian Children and Women

Part II (A) 4 - Permanent Sovereignty over Natural and National Resources

Part II (A) 5 - Right to Self-Determination

Part II (A) 6 - Question of Palestine

Part II (A) 7 - Situation in the Middle East

Part II (A) 8 - Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People

Part II (A) 9 - United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine in the Near East (UNRWA)

Part I - Material relating to the Request by the General Assembly for an Advisory Opinion of the Court (documents received from the Secretariat of the United Nations)

Part I - Material relating to the Request by the General Assembly for an Advisory Opinion of the Court (documents received from the Secretariat of the United Nations)

List of Documents (documents received from the Secretariat of the United Nations)

List of Documents (documents received from the Secretariat of the United Nations)

Introductory Note (documents received from the Secretariat of the United Nations)

Introductory Note (documents received from the Secretariat of the United Nations)

Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (Request for Advisory Opinion) - The Court authorizes the African Union to participate in the proceedings

Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (Request for Advisory Opinion) - The Court authorizes the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to participate in the proceedings

Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (Request for Advisory Opinion) - The Court authorizes the League of Arab States to participate in the proceedings

Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (Request for Advisory Opinion) - The Court makes an Order organizing the proceedings; it fixes the time-limits for the presentation of written statements and for written comments on those statements

Fixing of time-limits: Presentation of the written statements and written comments on those statements

The General Assembly of the United Nations requests an advisory opinion from the Court in its resolution A/RES/77/247 on “Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem”