Brazil, Gaza and the trial at the International Court of Justice

I HAVE been following with lively interest the ongoing debate in Brazil since President Lula (Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva) announced our country´s political support for South Africa's initiative to institute proceedings before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to protect the Palestinian population, under the terms of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

Besides Brazil, at least 65 countries have expressed their political support for South Africa`s application. Two of them, Jordan and Bangladesh, formalised their intention to intervene as a third party in the case.