The ICJ stated, and I quote, is that they “intend: to obtain the fair and equal application of international law to all, in the interest of our collective humanity” — That being said, the ICJ will have to address the fact that Hamas initiated this war with a genocidal attack on Israelis, taking hundreds of hostages, and firing thousands of rockets into Israel’s civilian populated areas on Oct 7. To include the use of human shields back in Gaza, which are all violations of UN Rules of War and Geneva Conventions.
Article 147 of the 1949 Geneva Convention IV identifies hostage-taking as a “grave breach”, a status that imposes obligations to provide effective penal sanctions for the offense and to search for and prosecute offenders- (Article 146)