ICJ Ruling on Advisory Opinion
Legal Consequences Arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Including East Jerusalem

On 19 July 2024, the International Court of Justice issued a historic ruling declaring the Israeli occupation and associated regime of systematic discrimination – amounting to racial segregation and/or apartheid – unlawful. Flowing from this illegality, it calls on Israel to end the occupation and associated regime, evacuate the settlements, dismantle the wall, provide full reparation, and allow displaced Palestinians to return. The Court finally stipulated that Member States and the United Nations are obliged not to recognize the above illegality and that the UN should consider the precise modalities and further action required to bring the illegal situation to an end as rapidly as possible.