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Brazil now joins Spain, Ireland, Mexico, Turkiye and others who have signed on to the case.<\/em><\/p>\n Published On 20 Sep 2025<\/span>20 Sep 2025<\/span><\/p>\n Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n share2<\/p>\n Brazil has formally joined the case launched by South Africa at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that alleges Israel is committing \u201cgenocide\u201d in the Gaza Strip.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The Hague court confirmed in a statement on Friday that <\/span><\/span>Brazil invoked<\/span><\/span> Article 63 of the ICJ statute, filing a declaration of intervention in the case.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n list of 3 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/p>\n The article gives any United Nations member state the right to intervene in a case when the interpretation of a treaty to which it is a party is in question. Brazil used the article to formally recognize that Israel is violating the Genocide Convention of 1948.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n South Africa and Israel are now invited to \u201cfurnish written observations on the declaration of intervention\u201d, the World Court said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in July it intended to join the case, citing \u201cimpunity\u201d that undermined international law as it denounced Israeli aggression in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Brazil now joins Spain, Ireland, Mexico, Turkiye and others who have <\/span><\/span>intervened in favor of South Africa<\/span><\/span> to join the case against Israel over the genocidal war, which has killed more than 65,000 Palestinians in Gaza since October 2023.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n COMMUNIQU\u00c9 : le Br\u00e9sil, se r\u00e9f\u00e9rant \u00e0 l’article 63 du Statut de la #CIJ<\/a>, a d\u00e9pos\u00e9 une d\u00e9claration d’intervention en l\u2019affaire #AfriqueduSud<\/a> c. #Isra\u00ebl<\/a>. <\/p>\n Lien vers le communiqu\u00e9 : https:\/\/t.co\/7UW0uUrP8o pic.twitter.com\/wGoQwUNRqC<\/a><\/p>\nRecommended Stories <\/h2>\n