The Republic of Nicaragua institutes proceedings against the Federal Republic of Germany and requests the Court to indicate provisional measures - 193-20240301-pre-01-00-en.pdf

The Republic of Nicaragua institutes proceedings against the Federal Republic of Germany and requests the Court to indicate provisional measures - 193-20240301-pre-01-00-en.pdf Transmitted below is a press release issued today by the International Court of Justice with respect to the emergency proceedings instituted by Nicaragua against Germany for complicity in the Gaza genocide. Germany has, of course, carried out genocides in South- West Africa (Namibia) and Europe in the 20th century and is highly enthusiastic about and totally supportive of the current genocide in Palestine, making it probably second only to the United States as the most appropriate target for complicity proceedings at the ICJ. Some may recall that Nicaragua has a history at the ICJ. In 1986, Nicaragua won the case which it had brought against the United States, with the ICJ holding that the United States had violated international law by supporting the Contras in their rebellion against the Sandinista government and by mining Nicaragua's harbors and ordering the United States to pay reparations to Nicaragua (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicaragua_v._United_States). Unsurprisingly, the United States ignored the ICJ's ruling, blocked its enforcement by the UN Security Council and convinced a successor Nicaraguan government to renounce its right to reparations. This history, as well as the prudent desire not to trigger another American regime-change operation, may explain why Nicaragua has chosen to make its point by targeting Germany rather than the United States.