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Understanding The Function Of The Icc As Against The Current Events by Runninghare(m): 12:02pm On Apr 30 |
On April 29, 2024, Israel began to voice out the fears that the International Criminal Court were preparing to issue arrest warrants for their government officials on charges related to its war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. In actual sense, this was coming against the backdrop of South Africa, pushing for the case of genocide against the Palestinians situated in the Gaza strip, by the Nation of Israel. Although, most people don't know that there has bee an official investigation by the ICC into Israel for allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the occupied Palestinian territories since 2021. The first Question that comes to mind is? What right do the ICC have to bring up a case against Israel? To answer that, it is pertinent to note the Function of the ICC I wouldn't like to bore you with a lot of History, but here is an excerpt taking from Reuters The ICC was established in 2002 to prosecute war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and the crime of aggression when member states are unwilling or unable to do so themselves. It can prosecute crimes committed by nationals of member states or on the territory of member states by other actors. It has 124 member states. So the ICC will only be able to prosecute Nationals of aggressor states (either member states of the ICC or other actors against member states) not against STATES. Inadvertently, only Netayanhu and some select officials of the nation of Israel are compromised. It is also pertinent to note that there is a warrant against Putin for war crimes for illegally deporting hundreds of children from Ukraine, and this arrest warrant for Putin was issued in March 2023. Member countries of the ICC include; Afghanistan Albania Andorra Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria B Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Belize Benin Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso C Cabo Verde Cambodia Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile Colombia Comoros Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d’Ivoire Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic D Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic E Ecuador El Salvador Estonia F Fiji Finland France G Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guyana H Honduras Hungary I Iceland Ireland Italy J Japan Jordan K Kenya Kiribati L Latvia Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg M Madagascar Malawi Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritius Mexico Mongolia Montenegro N Namibia Nauru Netherlands New Zealand Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Norway P Panama Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal R Republic of Korea Republic of Moldova Romania S Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain State of Palestine Suriname Sweden Switzerland T Tajikistan Timor-Leste Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia U Uganda United Kingdom United Republic of Tanzania Uruguay V Vanuatu Venezuela Z Zambia Finally, it will interest you to note that Israel is not a member of the court and does not recognise its jurisdiction, but the Palestinian territories were admitted as a member state in 2015 as seen in the list above. #BeInformed #FactsoverSentiments |
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