Nicaragua tells top UN court Germany is violating international law by selling weapons to Israel
The court is weighing Germany’s bid to dismiss claims that its arms exports and other support made it complicit in genocide, with 31% of Israel’s major arms imports coming from Germany, SIPRI said.
- On Monday, Germany asked the International Court of Justice to dismiss a case brought by Nicaragua, which accuses Berlin of violating the 1948 Genocide Convention by supplying arms to Israel amid its war with Hamas in Gaza.
- Nicaragua accuses Germany of aiding and abetting genocide in Gaza by selling weapons to Israel, while Germany cites its security commitment to Israel rooted in the lessons of the Holocaust and World War.
- Between November 2025 and March, Germany approved exports worth roughly $194 million, and Julia Monar, Germany's legal adviser, told the court that all exports are subject to "strict review procedures that are more stringent than international regulations."
- Germany argues the case lacks jurisdiction because Nicaragua failed to follow proper processes, and the International Court is currently considering this request to shelve the case.
- This case remains unusual as neither Nicaragua nor Germany is a direct party to the conflict, and hearings on whether Israel committed genocidal acts in Gaza could take years.
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