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Palestinian protest against the Israeli execution of paramedic Razan Al Najjar in the Gaza Strip in June 2018
AMNESTY International (AI) described yesterdayâs decision by Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), to open a formal investigation into the situation in Palestine as a âmomentous breakthroughâ.
âTodayâs confirmation by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court that she has opened an investigation into crimes under international law committed in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) is a momentous breakthrough for justice after decades of non-accountability for war crimes and crimes against humanity,â said Matthew Cannock, Head of Amnesty Internationalâs Centre for International Justice.
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Robert Inlakesh, a political analyst, journalist, and documentary filmmaker currently based in London, UK. He has reported from and lived in the occupied Palestinian territories and currently works with Quds News and Press TV. Director of ‘Steal of the Century: Trump’s Palestine-Israel Catastrophe’. Follow him on Twitter @falasteen47
The decision by the International Criminal Court to launch a war crimes probe into Israeli & Palestinian actions in the occupied territories is a welcome shift towards accountability – hence the deep anger of the US & Tel Aviv. YouTube has age restricted the video to make it harder to access.
The decision by International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to launch a formal probe into reported war crimes in the Palestinian Occupied Territories is a significant shift towards publicly holding Israel accountable for its actions.
Why the ICC war crimes probe into the Gaza war has rattled Israel and what will happen next
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A Palestinian girl walks on the rubble-strewn ceiling of her family s home in Gaza City in 2014
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The International Criminal Court this week announced it will begin an investigation into war crimes allegedly committed by Israel and Palestinian militants since 2014, which could theoretically put senior figures on both sides in the dock at the Hague.
Amnesty hails ICC investigation of war crimes in Palestine as historic breakthrough
International Criminal Court s prosecutor (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, addresses a press conference in Kampala on February 27, 2015 [ISAAC KASAMANI/AFP via Getty Images] March 4, 2021 at 4:02 pm
Amnesty International has welcomed the International Criminal Court (ICC) decision to open an investigation into serious crimes under international law alleged to have been committed in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Describing this as a momentous breakthrough for justice after decades of non-accountability for war crimes and crimes against humanity, the head of Amnesty International s Centre for International Justice, Matthew Cannock, added: The ICC investigation provides the first genuine prospect for thousands of victims of crimes under international law to gain long overdue access to justice, truth and reparations.