- Will an international court find Israel or its leaders guilty of Genocide by December 31, 2027?15¢15%
The ICJ case brought by South Africa against Israel remains in the preliminary written pleadings stage, with South Africa’s reply due in November 2027 and Israel’s rejoinder not until May 2029, pushing any potential merits hearings and judgment well beyond the 2027 deadline. Recent orders extending deadlines and Colombia’s withdrawal of its intervention in September 2026 underscore the slow pace, while provisional measures issued earlier address risk of harm rather than a final genocide determination. The ICC’s arrest warrants against Israeli leaders cover alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity, not genocide, and appeals have not altered that scope. These structural timelines and jurisdictional distinctions underpin traders’ strong consensus that no international court will issue a genocide finding by the end of 2027.
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This market will resolve to "Yes" if he International Criminal Court ("ICC"), the International Court of Justice ("ICJ"), or any ad hoc international tribunal with recognized legal standing, issues a judgment or conviction finding that either the State of Israel or any current or former Israeli official committed genocide or acts of genocide by December 31, 2027 at 11:59PM ET. Otherwise this market will resolve to "No". For the judgment of an ad hoc tribunal to be relevant for purposes of this market, the tribunal must be established by the United Nations or any body thereof. A first-instance conviction or judgment shall qualify for "Yes" resolution even if it remains subject to appeal or has not yet been affirmed on appeal. Preliminary or provisional findings that are not judgments on the merits will not qualify for purposes of this market. The resolution source will be official statements from the ICC, the ICJ, or a qualifying ad hoc tribunal; however, a consensus of credible reporting will also be used.