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Palestine submits ICC referral to originate probe into ‘Israel crimes’ 0

Palestine submits ICC referral to originate probe into ‘Israel crimes’

For the first time, the Palestinian government has submitted a referral to the International Criminal Court (ICC) calling on prosecutors to open an immediate investigation into Israeli crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories.  Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riad al-Malki arrived on Tuesday at the independent court, based in The Hague, Netherlands, to meet with Prosecutor…

UN votes to ship struggle crimes investigators to Gaza 0

UN votes to ship struggle crimes investigators to Gaza

The United Nations’ top human rights body has voted to send a team of international war crimes investigators to probe the deadly shootings of Gaza protesters by Israeli forces. A resolution calling on the UN Human Rights Council to « urgently dispatch an independent, international commission of inquiry » was backed on Friday by 29 members. The members – United…

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UN: Myanmar wants to be investigated for crimes in opposition to Rohingya

The UN human rights chief has called for all atrocities committed against Myanmar’s Rohingya to be referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for prosecution. Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, who has previously described Myanmar’s campaign against the Rohingya as a « textbook case of ethnic cleansing », also urged the country to allow monitors into restricted areas to…