Middle East
Dail Éireann — 2024-03-07
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

Just as in the case of Ukraine v . Russia, it makes sense that South Africa would submit the substantive case, which is called a memorial. It normally takes four to five months for such a memorial to be lodged. It makes absolute sense in this context for us to work with South Africa. Our legal advisors are very clear on this point, and in saying that we may identify our own grounds in respect of how we intervene. We are proactively looking at approach in terms of what basis to intervene on if we were to do so. In my view, the grounds in this regard are narrow but we are actively looking at this and we are in touch with South Africa in respect of its lodging of its memorial. This is the honest and factual position.

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