Rafah Border Situation

Published: 15th Feb, 2024

Context

South Africa asked the World Court to weigh whether Israel’s strikes on Rafah, and its intention to launch a ground offensive on the city, breaches both the U.N. Genocide Convention.a

Background

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) last month ordered Israelto take all measures within its power to prevent its troops from committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, in a case brought by South Africa.
Israel has denied all allegations of genocide in connection with its waragainst Gaza's ruling Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.

Rafah

Rafah sits on the Gaza-Egypt border.
On the Palestinian side, it is the name of Gaza’s southernmost governorate and its capital city, as well as of the crossing into Egypt’s Sinai.
On the Egyptian side, it is a city in the North Sinai governorate.
Rafah was already one of the most densely-populated cities in Gaza before the war begin, housing some 280,000 people within 23 square miles.
Today, it is bursting at the seams as one of the sole places of refuge in the besieged enclave, now home to some 1.4 million people.

U.N. Genocide Convention

The Genocide Convention is the first human rights treaty in the history of the United Nations, adopted on the eve of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
The Convention calls on all States, and all of us, to maintain vigilance, and push for action to prevent genocide, everywhere.

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