Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the timeframe in which he intends to file a notice of intervention following the submission of South Africa’s memorial in the case of South Africa v Israel, taken under the Genocide Convention and before the International Court of Justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36235/24]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I would refer the Deputy to the answer which I furnished in relation to this matter on 27 June 2024.

As I have outlined previously, the Government intends to file a declaration of intervention in the case initiated by South Africa against Israel under the Genocide Convention at the International Court of Justice after South Africa has filed its memorial.

South Africa initiated this case by filing an application with that Court on 29 December 2023. A contentious case before the Court proceeds by way of an exchange of written pleadings, beginning with the filing of a detailed memorial by the applicant state, before oral hearings on the substantive issues can take place.

On 5 April, the Court made an order setting time-limits for the filing of written pleadings by the parties. It fixed 28 October 2024 for South Africa to file its memorial, and 28 July 2025 for Israel to file its Counter-Memorial.

It remains the Government's intention to seek to intervene in this case under Article 63 of the Statute of the Court after South Africa has filed its memorial, and towards the end of 2024.