# South Africa files at the ICJ against Israel over Gaza

Date: 2023

## The fact

On 29 December 2023 South Africa instituted proceedings at the International Court of Justice against Israel concerning Gaza.

## Context

He owned DIRCO. Neighbouring Lady R is a different foreign file. He did not sit as the Court.

Lady R 2022 is a neighbour foreign file. G20 2025 is later diplomacy.

The President of South Africa heads the national executive, appoints Cabinet, and assents to bills. He does not write an Eskom generation print, an NPA charging decision, a DA court challenge, or a US executive order by himself. Phala Phala cash in a sofa is not a completed criminal verdict unless a court so holds.

## Evidence and sources

ICJ carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently.

## Significance

The path is [humanitarian access](/drivers/humanitarian-access) and [political polarization](/drivers/political-polarization): a completed ICJ application.

## What is established and what is not

Established: 29 December 2023 ICJ filing, independently reported.

Not established: a unique later Gaza-death coefficient from that Friday, or that a genocide finding was thereby completed.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

He owned the executive. The Court later issued measures as a neighbour.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies South Africa files at the ICJ against Israel over Gaza, not a later speech about South Africa files at the ICJ against Israel over Gaza.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. South Africa files at the ICJ against Israel over Gaza on 2023-12-29 is not a licence to treat every later ICJ communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average South Africa files at the ICJ against Israel over Gaza into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to DIRCO filed. He owned the executive. The Court later issued measures as a neighbour. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

## People

- Cyril Ramaphosa: https://factrail.ai/people/cyril-ramaphosa

## Drivers

- Humanitarian Access: https://factrail.ai/drivers/humanitarian-access
- Political Polarization: https://factrail.ai/drivers/political-polarization

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/world/south-africa-files-case-world-court-accusing-israel-genocide-gaza-2023-12-29/
- https://www.icj-cij.org/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/za-icj-2023