International Court of Justice is examining whether it is possible to consider Palestinian National Authority as being a State, and thus impeach the leaders of Israeli troops of the war crimes that were committed in the recent offensive in Gaza. This would create an important precedent for what may be dealt with by the Court.
This would also mean an important gesture towards the Gaza conflict. The court's head of jurisdictions (part of the office of the prosecutor) is examining all signed international agreements signed by the Palestinian Authority, in order to determine whether it acts like a State.
After talks with Arab League chief Amre Moussa and high officials of the Palestinian Authority, The Hague Court shall issue a decision whether it can deal with presented war crimes. This decision shall be issued within a few coming months.
International Criminal Court, whose members are 108 world countries, has not recognized Palestine as a sovereign state, nor a member state yet.
Examination of the Court is the result of more than 220 complaints received by the court for the conduct of Israel in Gaza.
The Red Cross is collecting all information regarding the conflict and is leading a double parallel investigation. It supervises the behavior of Israel as well as the behavior of Hamas.
In the case of Israel, the Red Cross shall highlight three areas of concern: the use of weapons in complex and densely populated areas, inadequacy of military actions, and lack of distinguishing between soldiers and civilians. Hamas will be criticized for using civilian buildings to shelter their soldiers, executions without trial and firing of rockets to civilian areas.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
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