Slovenia has argued in favour of the ICJ giving an advisory opinion and stressed the Israeli occupation breaches fundamental human rights, including the right to self-determination.

Here’s what its representative said:

• The need for negotiations is not a compelling reason for the court to decline giving an advisory opinion. On the contrary, negotiations can only achieve a lasting solution on the basis of the court’s legal directives.
• A Palestinian state must exist alongside an Israeli state and Slovenia reiterates its support for a negotiated two-state solution.
  The right to self-determination is not “some random right” but runs parallel to the equal rights of people. It is a “fundamental human right having a broad scope of application”.
• The people of Slovenia were able to establish their own sovereign and independent state and believe this right to be an “indispensable pillar of the international legal order”.
• The ongoing Israeli occupation is an impediment to the right to self-determination and the establishment of the Palestinian state.

Source: Al Jazeera