Fatou Bensouda, photo via website of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in the HagueBESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,926, February 9, 2021
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The decision of the International Criminal Court to investigate alleged war crimes committed by Israel in Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem is baseless but still dangerous. The ICC is yet another highly politicized UN institution, not a real court of justice. The decision and the prosecutor’s conduct have both violated the Court’s own rules. The ICC is also trying to investigate the US for alleged war crimes in Afghanistan. Israel …read more
