| Today, Law for Palestine releases its communication, previously announced on March 20, 2024, that has been submitted to the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court (ICC). This communication, prepared with the support of the Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHR) – Palestine and The Arab Network for National Human Rights Institutions (ANNHRIs), includes a comprehensive legal analysis of the crime of genocide perpetrated by Israeli political and military leaders against Palestinians in Gaza.
The submission was backed by a diverse international coalition, including 15 National Human Rights Institutions across the Arab world: Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Tunisia, Djibouti, Libya, and Kuwait, along with five Bar Associations – the Bar Associations of Palestine, Jordan, Algeria, Tunisia, and the Arab Lawyers Union.
The 220-page document, produced by a large team of experts and researchers, including 30 researchers from different countries around the world, underwent review by numerous experts, including 11 specialists in international law, international criminal law, and genocide, as well as experts affiliated with the ICC, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).
According to Law for Palestine and its partners, this communication was….. |
