Decides, in accordance with Article 96 of the Charter of the United Nations, to request the International Court of Justice, pursuant to Article 65 of the Statute of the Court, to render an advisory opinion on the following questions, considering the rules and principles of international law, including the Charter of the United Nations, international humanitarian law, international human rights law. [...] Canada is urging the court not to issue an advisory opinion for fear it would disrupt efforts to work towards a two-state solution." The press release issued by the ICJ on the day the hearings concluded points out that the verbatim records of the hearings, including the lists of participating delegations, are available on the case page on the Court's website. [...] It also shows that the argument that the state of Israel has been granted an exceptional right to "defend itself" arising from the Holocaust is completely bogus, as the illegal creation of the apartheid state goes back to British violations of the right to self-determination recognized in the terms arising from the Treaty of Versailles. [...] Palestinian Self-Determination Under Article 22 of League of Nations Covenant The legal right of self-determination of the Palestinian people originates in the "sacred trust" obligations of Article 22 of the League Covenant, part of the Versailles Treaty. [...] This poses a considerable challenge to the international community -- to develop and implement an approach that will be perceived as legitimate by the Haitian nation, not simply imposed by the outside powers." The 20th anniversary events also pointed out that the coup did not simply involve the removal of Aristide, but the overthrow of a popular regime and the systematic dismantling of the Haitian.
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