The decision likely had nothing to do with taking a stand for Israel: “The decision to withdraw the application follows the UN identifying 54 officials who have actively violated human rights within the Nicaraguan government itself.”
Nicaragua’s move however, does highlight a critical point: in the face of its own human rights abuses, it withdrew its application to intervene in the proceedings of South Africa against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). However, countless human rights-abusing states continue to point the finger at Israel despite the dirt in their own backyards, while Israel is justly fighting for its very existence.
“Nicaragua withdraws application to intervene in genocide case against Israel,” by Nada Wilson, JURIST, April 2025:
Nicaragua withdrew its application to intervene in the proceedings of South Africa v Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday without citing any reason behind its decision. The initial application was made under Article 36, paragraph 1 and Article 62 of the Statute of the Court.
The case, which was related to the “Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip” sought to ensure that the ICJ investigated Israel’s violations of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, with Nicaragua agreeing with the facts proposed by South Africa.
Such contentions included Israel’s “intent to clear the Gaza Strip of all or part of the Palestinians inhabitants either by direct killing or causing serious bodily and even mental harm,” with the death toll exceeding 10 thousand children at the time of the filing. Nicaragua was among 13 countries that had chosen to involve themselves within the proceedings under a combination of Articles 62 and 63. Others included Colombia, Libya, Mexico, Palestine, Spain, Türkiye, Chile, the Maldives, Bolivia, Ireland, Cuba, and Belize.
The decision to withdraw the application follows the UN identifying 54 officials who have actively violated human rights within the Nicaraguan government itself. The report accuses the officials of crimes including arbitrary detention, torture, extrajudicial killings and the suppression of dissent. The UN also confirmed its position that the Nicaraguan government is now an authoritarian government, experiencing a “deteriorating human rights situation.”…
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Why did the people of Nicaragua, who experienced communist rule under Daniel Ortega in the 80s, elect his wife as their president? This looks like the only country in the world that still has a Reagan era commie running it
I checked out Ortega’s wiki page, and the one award that he won was the “Al-Gaddafi International Prize for Human Rights”. From the “Things-you-just-can’t-make-up” file
william Fleming says
The author states in paragraph 3, (while listing nations that would censor Israel), a nation called “Palestine”. Can she tell us what planet this alleged nation “Palestine” is located on?