Following Dominik’s post below with regard to the Prosecutor of the ICC launching a “preliminary analysis” into the fighting in Gaza and the applicability of the ICC Statute, it might be worth directing the attention of our readers to the website of the ICC where you can find the actual documents relating to this “preliminary analysis”. Here you may find the letter from the Palestinian Authority “recognising the jurisdiction” of the ICC as well as the letter from the Court acknowledging the Palestinian letter “without prejudice to a determination on the applicability of Article 12”.
Professor Schabas also covers the issue on his PhD studies in Human Rights Blog.
Filed under: ICC, International Humanitarian Law, international justice, Middle East Crisis
[...] military activities in Gaza. We have previously covered the question and related issues here, here and here. But earlier this week, the NY Times reported that, while the Office of the Prosecutor of [...]