PCHR’s Role in the ICC Investigation
With considerable assistance from European governments, PCHR has played an instrumental role in pressuring the International Criminal Court (ICC) to launch an investigation into Israel.
Publications: | Reports, Books, Academic Publications, Submissions, Resource Pages |
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Other Content Types: | Press Releases, In The Media, Presentations, Posts, , Key Issues |
Funders: | Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Secretariat: Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, and the Netherlands |
Start date: | 1 Jan 1988 |
End date: | 26 Oct 2020 |
With considerable assistance from European governments, PCHR has played an instrumental role in pressuring the International Criminal Court (ICC) to launch an investigation into Israel.
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Prof. Steinberg's open letter to the Dutch Foreign Minister, Mr. Halbe Zijlstra.
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