SPEECH OF HE MR NAWAF SALAM, PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE, 
AT THE SEVENTY-FIFTH SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION 
17 July 2024 
Mr Chair,
Ladies and gentlemen,
Colleagues and friends, 

It is a distinct honour for me to address the International Law Commission today, and to do so 
for the first time in my capacity as President of the International Court of Justice. Out the outset, may 
I take this opportunity to congratulate Mr Marcelo Vázquez-Bermúdez on his election as Chair of 

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Summary
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Summary 2024/8
19 July 2024
Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem Summary of the Advisory Opinion of 19 July 2024
Chronology of the procedure (paras 1-21)

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No. 2024/57
19 July 2024
Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem The Court gives its Advisory Opinion and responds to the questions posed by the General Assembly

DECLARATION OF JUDGE TLADI
The situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is not a bilateral dispute  The policies and practices of Israel are in breach of peremptory norms of international law  The security concerns of Israel cannot override its international legal obligations  The policies and practices can be characterized as apartheid  The United Nations is under an obligation to consider further measures and modalities in the event of non-compliance.
I. INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE CLEVELAND
People of Palestine and Israel have right to self-determination — Israel’s lack of participation in proceedings — General Assembly request addresses only one party.

SEPARATE OPINION OF JUDGE GÓMEZ ROBLEDO
[Translation]
Effectiveness of the Advisory Opinion for the United Nations  Statehood of Palestine: conditions required under international law  Recognition of right to self-determination as a peremptory norm of international law (jus cogens): from unlawful occupation to foreign domination in accordance with resolution 1514 (XV).

DECLARATION OF JUDGE BRANT
[Translation]
Agreement with the reasoning and conclusions of the Court  Violation by Israel of Article 3 of CERD  Racial segregation and apartheid — Evolutive interpretation — Constituent elements of apartheid — Fulfilment of the right of a people to self-determination impossible under racial segregation or apartheid — Cessation of international law violations needed to ensure peace and security of Israel and Palestine.

DECLARATION OF JUDGE CHARLESWORTH
Multiple and intersectional discrimination  Discriminatory effect of Israel’s measures on women and on children.
Legality of Israel’s effective control of the Occupied Palestinian Territory  Legal bases for the use of force  Relationship between security threats and armed attack  Right to self-defence  Necessity and proportionality.
1. I agree with the Court’s replies to the questions posed by the General Assembly. In this declaration, I address two issues in the Advisory Opinion where I think that more detailed reasoning is desirable.

JOINT DECLARATION OF JUDGES NOLTE AND CLEVELAND