Published November 30,2024
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor stated Friday that Israel‘s enchantment of the arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former protection minister must be dismissed and the enchantment proceedings discontinued.
In a doc posted on the ICC web site, Karim Khan requested the dismissal of Israel’s enchantment as the choice just isn’t topic to enchantment as of now, although an enchantment may probably be filed at a later stage within the authorized course of.
Israel on Wednesday filed a direct enchantment earlier than the Appeals Chamber to the Pre-Trial Chamber I’s “decision on Israel’s challenge to the jurisdiction of the Court pursuant to article 19(2) of the Rome Statute.”
Last week, the ICC issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, his protection minister because the begin of the Gaza struggle till earlier this month, for struggle crimes and crimes towards humanity in Gaza.
Saying that the court docket’s choice just isn’t appealable, Khan stated the choice tells Israel that it can not file a problem to jurisdiction earlier than the court docket has decided beneath Article 58 of the Rome Statute, but in addition holds that such a problem may probably be made as soon as that situation is happy.
He stated: “The Decision is not a decision ‘with respect to jurisdiction’ and it is therefore not directly appealable under article 82(1)(a) of the Statute.”
“Accordingly, these appeal proceedings should be discontinued and Israel’s Suspension Request be rejected while the proceedings before PreTrial Chamber with respect to the same Decision follow their course,” added the prosecutor.
“In any event, there is no legal basis to suspend the arrest warrants issued by the Pre-Trial Chamber.”
Israel launched a genocidal struggle on the Gaza Strip following an October 2023 cross-border assault by the Palestinian group Hamas, up to now killing over 44,300 folks, most of them ladies and youngsters, and injuring practically 105,000.
The second 12 months of genocide in Gaza has drawn rising worldwide condemnation, with officers and establishments calling the assaults and blocking of humanitarian support a deliberate try and destroy the inhabitants.
Israel faces a genocide case on the International Court of Justice for its lethal struggle on Gaza.
Source: www.anews.com.tr