Just ahead of the opening of proceedings, protesters in support of Nicaragua’s case against Germany gathered across the street from the Peace Palace in the Hague, where the ICJ sits, near a monument to the Second World War. The human destruction Germany inflicted in that war was the impetus for the kind of international law that governs today’s case.
Germany at ICJ for genocide violations: Day 1
Germany at ICJ for genocide violations: Day 1
Germany at ICJ for genocide violations: Day 1
Just ahead of the opening of proceedings, protesters in support of Nicaragua’s case against Germany gathered across the street from the Peace Palace in the Hague, where the ICJ sits, near a monument to the Second World War. The human destruction Germany inflicted in that war was the impetus for the kind of international law that governs today’s case.