{"schemaVersion":1,"createdAt":"2026-09-04T22:32:25.839Z","id":"south-africa-v-israel","title":"South Africa v. Israel","shortTitle":"ICJ case 192","kicker":"Court file · Gaza","accent":"red","summary":"Read the January 2024 provisional-measures order, the requests before the Court, and the limits of that decision.","scope":"Historical checkpoint: the 26 January 2024 order in ICJ case 192. Later orders and the present case status are outside this revision. This is separate from the ICJ advisory proceedings on the occupied Palestinian territory and from ICC criminal cases.","coverageThrough":"2024-01-26","matchRules":[[["icj","international court of justice"],["israel","gaza"],["south africa","south african","genocide"]],[["south africa v israel","icj case 192"]]],"layers":[{"name":"The decision","description":"What this provisional order required, with paragraph references."},{"name":"The parties","description":"Requests made in this proceeding, dated to the record."},{"name":"The limits","description":"Provisional measures and a final merits determination are different stages."}],"sources":[{"id":"icj-order-20240126","title":"ICJ, Order of 26 January 2024 — case 192","publisher":"International Court of Justice","url":"https://www.justice.gov.za/m_statements/2024/20240126-Hague-ICJ-Order-192-20240126-ord-01-00-en.pdf","publishedAt":"2024-01-26","kind":"primary-document-mirror","originId":"icj-case192-20240126","originNote":"Court order hosted by South Africa’s justice ministry. The host is a party to the case. 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It is useful for navigation, but adds no independent reporting origin.","retrievedAt":"2026-09-04T22:09:54.043272+00:00","capture":"original-document","rawSha256":"7b8138a70f93b9bfcce77ebed0e0c54233ae41eda09ccc81e718cf7e07f1369b","textSha256":"6dfd93bd8eece27b4e2861680bb6c8841724ca92d4e945e8b0be02c1f3d33156","normalizedTextSha256":"a44324b743da035aa72e505c20f88b3144bb7a56fe8b4cce264052a24b45278a","spans":[{"id":"measures","quote":"the measures to be indicated need not be identical to those requested","locator":"Conclusion and measures to be adopted, paragraphs 75–84","start":24755,"end":24824}]}],"claims":[{"id":"provisional","text":"The January order expressly left the merits, admissibility and jurisdiction for the merits undecided.","asOf":"2024-01-26","kind":"scope-note","evidence":[{"sourceId":"icj-order-20240126","spanId":"merits"}]},{"id":"humanitarian-aid","text":"The Court ordered Israel to enable urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance for Palestinians in Gaza.","asOf":"2024-01-26","kind":"documented-action","evidence":[{"sourceId":"icj-order-20240126","spanId":"aid"}]},{"id":"requested-v-ordered","text":"The Court explained that the measures it ordered could differ from those South Africa requested.","asOf":"2024-01-26","kind":"scope-note","evidence":[{"sourceId":"icj-summary-20240126","spanId":"measures"}]}],"positions":[{"id":"sa-provisional","actor":"South Africa","issue":"Provisional measures requested in case 192","position":"supports","statement":"Asked the Court to order suspension of Israel’s military operations in and against Gaza.","asOf":"2024-01-11","confidence":"reported","evidence":[{"sourceId":"icj-order-20240126","spanId":"request"}],"qualification":"A litigating position recorded in the Court’s order; it does not establish how the Court ruled on every request."},{"id":"israel-provisional","actor":"Israel","issue":"Provisional measures requested in case 192","position":"opposes","statement":"Asked the Court to reject South Africa’s request for provisional measures.","asOf":"2024-01-12","confidence":"reported","evidence":[{"sourceId":"icj-order-20240126","spanId":"oppose"}],"qualification":"A position on this request at this hearing. It is not a classification of a population or of every later position."}],"timeline":[{"date":"2024-01-26","title":"The first provisional-measures order","claimIds":["provisional","humanitarian-aid","requested-v-ordered"]}],"openQuestions":["This revision does not cover the March and May 2024 orders or subsequent pleadings.","Compliance and a final merits outcome cannot be inferred from this January checkpoint."],"relatedLinks":[{"label":"Full Court docket","url":"https://www.icj-cij.org/case/192","note":"Consult the docket for later documents."}],"revision":"037733b2288b654121c2b7d227e038bf162f30031e48c88ce5a6d9392de1ddf6"}