countries have a right to do when they do not have judges sitting on they do not have judges sitting on the bench inside the peace palace. this is home to the international court ofjustice. to be clear on this court s mandate, this was a court set up after the second world war, and it deals with disputes between states. we are not looking at any kind of criminal responsibility here, this is purely a court that deals with things like border disputes and also disputes under international treaties. here we are talking about the genocide convention. this court case was brought by south africa under the genocide convention, accusing israel of failing to meet its obligations. i want to just try to turn the camera around again, if we can. it is pretty busy here, but actually the action is happening outside the court as well as inside. this is really a reflection of how other countries are seeing this as an opportunity to express their support on both sides. the south african