Israel’s massacre on the tent camp in Rafah is just the latest. For decades now, Tel Aviv – like Washington – has defied any attempt to apply international humanitarian law to its actions.
Vijay Prashad: The No-Rules International Order
Tag: Fatou Bensouda
How the ICC Is Overcoming Israeli Impunity
Ramzy Baroud on the power paradigm that long defined the West’s relationship with Palestine and, by extension, the Global South.
Mossad Chief Threatened Former ICC Prosecutor
The now retired chief of Israeli national intelligence spent close to a decade attempting to intimidate Fatou Bensouda into halting a war crimes probe, a major press investigation finds.
World Is Watching UN’s Response to Israel’s Crimes
Mona Ali Khalil lists Israel’s crimes from A to Z and says the U.N. must fulfill its responsibility to protect the civilians in Gaza and hold all perpetrators of mass atrocities accountable.
The ICC’s Selective Prosecution
The ICC’s double standard in the treatment of Ukraine and Palestine is largely due to political coercion by the U.S., which isn’t even a party to the court’s Rome Statute, writes Marjorie Cohn.
ICC Criticized for Neglecting Probe of Israeli War Crimes
Rights groups are criticizing inaction by the ICC prosecutor in a year when more than 200 Palestinians, including many children, were killed in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, writes Marjorie Cohn.
Outrage Over ICC Decision to Drop US From Probe of War Crimes in Afghanistan
The decision by the ICC’s chief prosecutor to exclude alleged U.S. war crimes in Afghanistan has drawn the ire of some human rights groups.
Lawmaker Rips US Opposition to ICC Probe of Israel
Rashida Tlaib said the international court has a duty to investigate and deliver justice to victims of human rights violations and war crimes in Palestine.
The ICC’s Indefensible Decision on Alleged UK War Crimes in Iraq
The International Criminal Court’s detailed report on alleged UK war crimes in Iraq is shocking, but what is truly shocking is the appalling picture that clearly emerges of the attitudes of the ICC towards a Western power, writes Craig Murray.
Trump Is Trying to Hide US & Israeli War Crimes by Attacking the International Criminal Court
Marjorie Cohn reports on a war-crimes complaint filed with the ICC against the U.S. president, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Trump adviser Jared Kushner