Concerned Citizens of the World:

As you probably know, South Africa has brought a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The ICJ should uphold the international rule of law without prejudice. The provisional hearing is scheduled for January 11 and 12.

Please write an email to the ICJ to express your concern about the unprecedented and ongoing civilian deaths. Please use and adjust (at least your name in the first paragraph and the signature at the end and in any other way that you see fit) this template. The template below was drafted by a lawyer in the UK.

This is the list of the judges to be addressed in an email: j.donoghue@icj-cij.org; K.GEVORGIAN@icj-cij.org; p.tomka@icj-cij.org; r.abraham@icj-cij.org; m.bennouna@icj-cij.org; a.yusuf@icj-cij.org; h.xue@icj-cij.org; j.sebutinde@icj-cij.org; d.bhandari@icj-cij.org; p.robinson@icj-cij.org; n.salam@icj-cij.org; y.iwasawa@icj-cij.org; g.nolte@icj-cij.org; h.charlesworth@icj-cij.org; l.brant@icj-cij.org

Thank you.

“Dear Madam President and esteemed panel of Judges,

My name is [PLEASE FILL IN YOUR NAME], I am a concerned citizen of [PLEASE FILL IN YOUR COUNTRY]. I am reaching out to you with a sense of urgency and sincere apprehension which prompts me to break my customary silence.

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