Analysis of South Africa's request by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to impose provisional measures against Israel in relation to the military offensive in Gaza could lead to several conclusions. First, the ICJ could order Israel to immediately cease its military operations, potentially reducing violence and initiating peace talks. However, Israel may not comply with this order, which could result in additional international sanctions or diplomatic pressure. If Israel does not comply with the provisional measures, the conflict in Gaza could continue, increasing death and destruction. It could also intensify political and diplomatic pressure on Israel and affect its international relations. The ICJ ruling could act as a catalyst for more intense diplomatic negotiations, with international pressure forcing both parties to seek a negotiated settlement. Furthermore, the ICJ ruling could set an important precedent in international humanitarian and genocide law, influencing future legal action in armed conflicts and human rights violations. Domestically, a decision against Israel could influence public opinion and political dynamics in both Israel and Palestine. Finally, the decision could affect Israel's international relations, especially with allies such as the United States, and strengthen South Africa's relations with Arab countries.
In this legal essay, I started by evaluating the phenomenon of state immunity as a major composition of state sovereignty vis-a-vis the international obligations informed by the Jus Cogens Principle; a set of peremptory norms serving as a limitation of the supposed excesses of states by virtue of a comity.
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In the present times these kind of punishments are a voilation of human rights .though in past these ery considered to be adetterent form of punishment leading to create a fear in the mind of the like minded people to deter from committing an offence,but over the time punishment has taken aswing from being detterent preventive retributive to reformatory.