The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates welcomed Chile's announcement to intervene in the case related to the application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip, which was filed by South Africa against Israel, before the International Court of Justice.

The Foreign Ministry confirmed in a press statement on Sunday that this decision expresses Chile's firm commitment to justice and the rule of international law, and affirms the deep solidarity and historical friendship between the two countries.

It called on all states parties to the Convention to join and declare active participation in the proceedings before the Court, as ending the ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people and combating Israel’s impunity are responsibilities we must shoulder together in the interest of humanity and the law.

On December 29, 2023, South Africa filed a lawsuit against Israel before the International Court of Justice on the grounds of its involvement in “acts of genocide” against citizens in the Gaza Strip.

South Africa submitted to the court an 84-page file, in which it collected evidence of Israel’s killing of thousands of citizens in the Gaza Strip, and creating conditions “predisposed to inflicting physical destruction on them,” which is considered a crime of “genocide” against them.

The lawsuit filed by South Africa before the International Court of Justice against Israel, the occupying power, received Arab and international support and support.

Since the initial rulings, several countries have come forward to intervene in the case using a clause in the Statute of the International Court of Justice that allows third parties to join the proceedings.

The first country to submit an official request to the International Court of Justice was Nicaragua on January 23, 2024, followed by Colombia in April 2024, and then on May 10, 2024, Libya submitted a request to the Court to intervene in the case against Israel.

While several countries announced their intention to join South Africa in the lawsuit, they are: the Maldives on May 13, 2024, Egypt on the 12th of the same month, Turkey on May 1, Ireland on March 27, 2024, and finally Belgium in Same month.