“This pivotal ruling opens the door for an investigation that may lead to those most responsible for serious crimes one day answering for their actions at a fair trial,” said Balkees Jarrah, associate international justice director at Human Rights Watch. It said it was analyzing the judges’ decision and would then decide next steps guided by its mandate and obligations under the ICC treaty. The Office of the Prosecutor is now expected to open a formal investigation. ![]() The judges’ decision responds to a request made on January 22, 2020, by the ICC Office of the Prosecutor to confirm the scope of the court’s mandate in Palestine. (New York) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) judges’ decision on Februconfirming the court’s jurisdiction over the situation in Palestine opens a long-awaited path to justice for Israeli and Palestinian victims of serious international crimes, Human Rights Watch said today. ![]() The photo shows them in an ICC hearing related to Mali on July 8, 2019. Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, Péter Kovács, and Reine Alapini-Gansou are the three pre-trial chamber judges assigned to the Palestine situation at the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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