Reporting and opinion by Mathew Carr
April 29-30, 2024 — Netanyahu news is hitting a week after the ICC’s Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) launched a new Policy on Complementarity and Cooperation.
Accountability gap
The Office of the Prosecutor’s policy outlines its approach to strengthening partnerships with national authorities and other accountability mechanisms “in order to reduce the accountability gap for international crimes.” (AI) — see below for 85-page doc.
Weirdly contradictory: ‘Reduce the need’ for prosecutor’s office
ICC is known to pick on African leaders, military officers — rarely holding western nations to account: people familiar.
The optics here seem almost designed to expose how weak the ICC actually is.
Euronews snip (Euronews): “The International Criminal Court is probing Israel’s actions in the West Bank and Gaza, independent of other cases at the International Court of Justice, such as South Africa’s genocide claims against Israel in Gaza.
“Israeli media are reporting the government has received indications from legal officials that the International Criminal Court is considering issuing arrest warrants for senior officials, including prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“The ICC is currently investigating Israel’s actions in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
“The ICC case is separate from other cases brought against Israel at the International Court of Justice, including one filed by South Africa accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.”
(Corrects the word “today” in lead – launch of cooperation policy was last week – April 25. Apologies for the confusion.)