Ugandan judge Julia Sebutinde, the only member of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to vote against all six of the court's provisional measures in South Africa's genocide case against Israel, was elected vice president of the ICJ on Tuesday.
Sebutinde, who will serve a three-year term, was one of only two judges out of 17 serving on the panel to vote against any of the measures.
Israeli Judge Aharaon Barak, appointed as an ad-hoc judge for the case, was the only other judge to reject one of the provisional measures. Barak, however, voted in favor of a measure demanding Israel facilitate the provision of humanitarian aid to Gaza as well as a measure demanding Israel "take all measures within its power to prevent and punish the direct and public incitement to commit genocide in relation to members of the Palestinian group in the Gaza Strip."
Sebutinde’s 11-page dissent outlined her view that South Africa had failed to demonstrate that the acts allegedly committed by Israel in its war with Hamas had genocidal intent.
