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The International Court of Justice struck Sudan’s genocide case against the UAE from its list without hearing argument, assessing urgency, or engaging the legal dispute. In this article, we examine what this procedural move reveals about the Court’s shifting stance on protection, access, and the role of consent. We ask what it means for the credibility of the ICJ when a contested reservation is allowed to shut the door before the case is even heard. And we consider what is lost when formalism is allowed to displace protection.