The Cost of Inaction and Impunity: Examining Israel's Compliance with ICJ Aid Measure

One year has passed since the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued provisional measures, demanding that Israel take immediate action in guaranteeing the protection of the rights of Palestinians in Gaza from acts of genocide and that there is a real and imminent risk of irreparable prejudice to these rights. Despite this clear legal directive, over the past year up to the ceasefire agreement, no meaningful actions to address Gaza's dire humanitarian conditions were observed, allowing the crisis to spiral further in blatant violation of the provisional measures. On the contrary, the absence of implementation of the provisional measures unfolds against a backdrop of wide-scale attacks by Israeli forces that killed civilians, destroyed critical civilian infrastructure, and potentially used starvation as a weapon of war. Coupled with the blockade of humanitarian access and aid delivery, this has led to unprecedented suffering for Palestinians in Gaza and the rest of the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt).