The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, has announced his intention to pursue arrest warrants for Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Karim Khan,
the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), has announced
plans to seek arrest warrants for several leaders, including Hamas leader Yahya
Sinwar plus other Hamas leaders Mohammed Deif and Ismail Haniyeh along with Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Israel’s Defence Minister Yoav Gallant of
committing war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Khan accuses
these leaders of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The ICC
statement accuses the Hamas leaders, Sinwar, and Deif, of murder charges as a crime
against humanity, sexual violence, and taking hostages as war crimes while accusing
and charging Netanyahu and Gallant of using starvation of civilians as a method
of warfare and intentionally attacking civilian populations.
Khan asserts
there is sufficient evidence to hold these individuals accountable for war
crimes since the start of Hamas’s war against Israel on October 7, 2023, and Israel’s
responsive military actions in Gaza. He emphasized the severe and
well-documented impact of starvation and collective punishment on Gaza’s
civilian population and stressed the need for accountability for Hamas’s
actions on October 7.
The ICC,
based in The Hague, has been investigating Israel’s activities in Gaza for the
past three years yet apparently not the activities of Hamas in Gaza since 2007?
The ICC/! CJ in their decision was Ultra Vires under law.
The Montevideo Convention of 1933 outlines the criteria for statehood, which
include a permanent population, defined territory, government, and the capacity
to enter into relations with other states. Palestine meets some of these
criteria, but its full status remains contentious due to ongoing territorial
disputes and the lack of a universally recognized government.
While Palestine is recognized as a state by some countries
and has a certain level of recognition at the UN, it does not have universal
recognition or full legal status as a sovereign state in the eyes of all
international law or actors.
The pane overstepped its legal authority when it stated and
based its ruling by agreeing with Khan’s assessment that the ICC has
jurisdiction over the case since Palestine is a state party as per the ICC
statute.
Palestine is NOT a State or a country therefore the ruling
was Ultra Vires. (beyond the legal power or authority of the person performing
an action)
Source:
WorldNews
Copy:
Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court
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