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.