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Arrest warrant requested. The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ( ICC ), Fatou Bensouda, on 20 December 2019 announced an investigation into war crimes allegedly committed in Palestine by members of the Israeli military or Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups since 13 June 2014. [1] [2]
Israel ratified the Geneva Conventions on July 6, 1951, and on January 2, 2015, the State of Palestine acceded to the Rome Statute, granting the International Criminal Court (ICC) jurisdiction over war crimes committed in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT).
On 22 December, Reporters Without Borders filed an ICC complaint against Israel for "probable war crimes". On 6 January, a group of 100 Chilean lawyers filed a complaint at the ICC accusing Netanyahu of committing war crimes. On 18 January, the foreign ministries of Mexico and Chile referred Israel to the ICC for potential war crimes.
The chief prosecutor of the world's top war crimes court sought arrest warrants Monday for leaders of Israel and Hamas, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, over actions taken ...
By accusing the heads of Israel and Hamas of war crimes, the International Criminal Court’s top prosecutor placed them among world leaders infamous for heinous acts against humanity. The chief ...
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity related to the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel ...
In 2021, the Pretrial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court confirmed that the court had jurisdiction in its investigation in Palestine. On 12 October 2023, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Ahmad Khan, confirmed that war crimes committed by Israeli nationals in Gaza are within the investigation's purview.
The ICC was set up more than a decade ago to tackle impunity for war crimes, crimes against humanity, genoci What is the International Criminal Court and why it has Israeli officials worried Skip ...