When do arms exports violate international law? | DW News

Judges at the United Nations’ top court are weighing whether Nicaragua’s case against Germany over support for Israel during the war in Gaza can proceed. Nicaragua says Germany breached its obligations under the 1948 Genocide Convention, while Germany argues the court lacks jurisdiction. What does international law say about a country’s responsibility when it supplies arms to an ally? Law professor Mary Ellen O’Connell from the University of Notre Dame explains.

00:00 International Court of Justice hears Nicaragua’s case against Germany
00:27 Interview: Mary Ellen O’Connell, Professor of Law and International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
00:44 What Nicaragua is accusing Germany of
01:23 Germany’s jurisdiction challenge before the ICJ
03:21 When arms exports could amount to complicity
04:35 Debate over Germany’s military assistance to Israel
05:13 Germany’s suspension and resumption of arms exports
06:51 Could Nicaragua’s case move faster than South Africa’s case?
07:24 Possible outcomes and Germany’s legal options
08:06 Final thoughts from Mary Ellen O’Connell

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