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Crime of starvation in Gaza: will the ICC act? - Photo: Palestinians crowd around a food distribution point in Rafah.
6 May 2024 by Anne Van Mourik + Lucy Gaynor
Starvation and potential ICC warrants on Gaza: what does international law say? Arrest warrants for Israeli leaders are reportedly – according to sources in The Hague and Israel – being prepared by the International Criminal Court (ICC), possibly related to allegations of starvation. Anne van Mourik [...]
The Syrian lawyer Mazen Darwish talks to the media in Koblenz, Germany.
3 May 2024 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Darwish: collecting evidence, to avoid revenge and another war in Syria For this hundredth episode of the podcast from our dear partners and colleagues at Asymmetrical Haircuts, our guest is Syrian lawyer Mazen Darwish, who is present and active in all the universal jurisdiction processes concerning B [...]
Nicaragua considers Germany's support for Israel (by supplying it with arms) to be complicity in genocide. Photo: An Israeli tank in Palestine, near Gaza.
12 April 2024 by Janet H. Anderson
Nicaragua extends the legal battle over Palestine On April 8-9, the International Court of Justice heard Nicaragua’s lawyers arguing that Germany was violating the Genocide Convention by continuing to supply arms to Israel. This legal action follows South Africa’s against Israel [...]
War in Yemen: justice at a standstill. Photo: Yemenis brandish weapons in support of Palestine.
28 March 2024 by Julia Crawford
Yemen: a decade of war with no sign of justice Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea, ostensibly to support Palestinians in Gaza, and retaliatory United States-United Kingdom airstrikes have reminded us in these last months of Yemen’s forgotten war. The conflict has been ongo [...]
In-depth interview with Catherine Marchi-Uhel, Head of the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism (IIIM) for Syria. Image: drawing of Marchi-Uhel.
12 March 2024 by Julia Crawford
Catherine Marchi-Uhel: “The results of the Syria Mechanism are becoming more visible” Catherine Marchi-Uhel of France is the first head of the first UN evidence-gathering mechanism, the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism (IIIM) for Syria, created in 2016 in Geneva. After seven years in office, she w [...]
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has heard arguments from Aishath Shaan Shakir for the Maldives, on the subject of Israel's occupation of Palestine.
5 March 2024 by Janet H. Anderson
Is the ICJ the new “nuclear weapon” of small states? The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) is now subject to thousands of memes and TikTok videos of its proceedings. A whole new generation have found out about this court via its involvement in the ongoing wars in Pale [...]
Yazidi woman in Iraq
27 February 2024 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
10 years after the Yazidi genocide what justice? In the early hours of August 3rd 2014 Islamic State militants launched a coordinated attack and forcibly took over the Sinjar region in northern Iraq, home to the Yazidi people. In the days and weeks that followed, approximately 1 [...]
Hearing before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Israel's occupation of Palestine, February 19, 2024. Photo: Philippe Sands develops his arguments from the Palestinian side.
20 February 2024 by Janet H. Anderson
Palestine’s plea against occupation On the first day of hearings at the International Court of Justice in the Hague on the legality of Israel’s occupation of Palestine, the judges heard from Palestine’s lawyers. They emphasised the international importance of the ca [...]
International Court of Justice (ICJ): 2 questions for peace in Palestine. Photo: view of the court during the hearing of South Africa (right) against Israel (left), facing the judges. 2 question marks are embedded in screens.
16 February 2024 by Janet H. Anderson
Israel occupation: ICJ goes to the heart of the “political deadlock” The two questions being debated from Monday 19 February - by 52 States and 3 international organisations - at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) goes all at once to the heart of the conflict that is raging, of the world lega [...]
Translation of universal jurisdiction trials - Photo: instant translation equipment with microphone and headphones, in an insulated glass booth.
13 February 2024 by Margherita Capacci
Syrian trials translated into Arabic: the Netherlands' conclusive test On January 22, the verdict in the first Syrian regime-related trial in the Netherlands was announced by the Hague District Court. The trial had a unique feature never before seen in Europe: it was simultaneously translated and reb [...]
Is international justice relevant to prevent genocide in Gaza? Photo: A protestor holds a Palestinian flag in front of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in The Hague.
1 February 2024 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Is international justice relevant to prevent genocide in Gaza? Swedish lawyer of Palestinian origin Nada Kiswanson has for the last 15 years provided evidence to various international institutions including the International Criminal Court, in order, she says, to “bring to an end violations c [...]
Victims of the Israel / Palestine war in Rafah (Gaza Strip)
26 January 2024 by AFP
The ICJ calls on Israel to prevent "genocide" in Gaza On 26 January, the International Court of Justice declared itself competent to rule on the dispute between South Africa and Israel concerning the situation in Gaza. It ordered Israel to take "all measures within its power to preve [...]
Israel on trial at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). South Africa accuses Israel of committing genocide against the people of Palestine.
26 January 2024 by Sharon Weill
Israel on Trial The International Court of Justice will deliver today its order on urgent provisional measures requested by South Africa against Israel on the situation in Palestine. Professor Sharon Weill unwraps the parties' arguments and the m [...]
19 January 2024 by AFP
Israel president hit with criminal complaint in Switzerland: prosecutors Israeli President Isaac Herzog has been targeted with a criminal complaint during a visit to Switzerland, Swiss prosecutors said Friday, amid allegations of crimes against humanity over the war in Gaza. The Federal Prosecutor's Of [...]
Israel / Palestine conflict - Inhabitants of Gaza amid the ruins.
15 January 2024 by Janet H. Anderson
Israel-Palestine: the legal battle has started On January 11 and 12, lawyers for South Africa and Israel presented their arguments before the International Court of Justice. South Africa is alleging that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinian people. For now it [...]
Tunisia and justice for Palestine - Photo: Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed holds a Tunisian flag (image of justice behind him).
21 December 2023 by Olfa Belhassine
Gaza: why Tunisia has not referred the situation to the ICC Tunisia is among the few Arab countries to be a member of the International Criminal Court and so holds a valuable card: as a member state it can refer cases to the court. But when five other states referred "the situation in Pale [...]
International Criminal Court (ICC): NGOs and states - Photo: Karim Khan's speech in Cairo.
19 December 2023 by Chantal Meloni
ICC: why NGOs are concerned, not States The 22nd Assembly of the States Parties (ASP) to the International Criminal Court (ICC) just concluded in New York. Two intense weeks of diplomatic work for the States delegates, civil society organizations and other stakeholders. [...]
Syrians protest outside the International Court of Justice in The Hague (Netherlands).
11 December 2023 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Syria: a further step against mass crimes? On November 16, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Syria to take all measures within its power to prevent acts of torture. The order from this UN court, which is being increasingly called on to deal with mass violenc [...]
Karim Khan, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), is under pressure over the Palestine issue.
20 November 2023 by Janet H. Anderson
Palestine: the ICC Prosecutor under pressure On November 17, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced that 5 states sent him a referral of the situation of Palestine. As the numbers of Palestinians killed in the Israeli response to Hamas attacks ratchets [...]