Key Issue:International Criminal Court (ICC) and NGOs
On February 5, 2021, the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced that it has the jurisdiction to open an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by Israel in the “State of Palestine.” On March 3, 2021, the Chief Prosecutor of the ICC Fatou Bensouda announced the launch of a formal investigation. The investigation is to a significant degree the product of consistent and heavy lobbying of the ICC for over a decade by non-governmental organizations (NGOs). These include Human Rights Watch (HRW), Amnesty International, and a number of groups with ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terror group.
Related Statements
- NGO Monitor’s International Advisory Board Statement on ICC’s Jurisdiction Claim (February 9, 2021)
- NGO Monitor Statement on the ICC’s Decision on Jurisdiction in Israel (February 7, 2021)
- NGO Monitor Submits Amicus Brief to the International Criminal Court (ICC) (March 17, 2020)
- NGO Monitor’s 2010 submission to the International Criminal Court (October 21, 2010)
Related Reports
- [Opinion] Israel isn’t alone in the fight against the ICC (January 24, 2021)
- NGOs Celebrating the ICC’s Decision on Territorial Jurisdiction Over Palestine (February 11, 2021)
- Al-Mezan’s ICC Conference: Sponsored by the UN, Headlined by Terror (November 8, 2020)
- PCHR’s Role in the ICC “Investigation” (September 23, 2020)
- The Role of Israeli NGOs in Supporting the International Criminal Court (ICC) “Investigation” (June 28, 2020)
- NGO Amicus Briefs on ICC Jurisdiction: The Latest Lawfare Battlefield (April 22, 2020)
- [Opinion] Hope is nice, but demonization of Israel is unlikely to change (March 25, 2020)
- Bias in ICC Prosecutor Bensouda’s Meetings and Citations (January 15, 2020)
- [Opinion] Political Games at The Hague (December 26, 2019)
- Terror-linked and boycott promoting NGOs behind potential ICC investigation (December 24, 2019)
- ICC Lobby Group’s Embarrassing Account of the Arab-Israeli Conflict (December 20, 2018)
- Human Rights Watch finds another pretext to threaten Israel with ICC prosecution (April 26, 2018)
- NGO Monitor ICC Panel (February 1, 2017)
- [Opinion] Send the ICC to Argentina (February 23, 2015)
- [Opinion] Human Rights, European Money, and the ICC Wars (January 5, 2015)
- Palestinian ICC Move Follows Intense NGO Lobbying (January 1, 2015)
- The NGO Push for Israeli Indictment at the ICC (May 27, 2014)
- Lawfare Defeat for NGOs at ICC (April 3, 2012)
- NGO “Lawfare”: Exploitation of Courts in the Israeli-Arab Conflict (December 9, 2010)
