[Opinion] Political Games at The Hague
Professor Gerald M Steinberg analyzes the carious campaigns against Israel at the International Criminal Court.
Professor Gerald M Steinberg analyzes the carious campaigns against Israel at the International Criminal Court.
On December 20, 2019, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Fatou Bensouda announced that she intends to investigate alleged war crimes in the “State of Palestine.” This move is to a significant degree the product of consistent and heavy lobbying of the ICC for over a decade by NGOs.
The 42nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council continued the bias and hypocrisy that has come to define the UN in general and the UNHRC in particular. NGO Monitor was present, speaking before the Council and documenting the numerous false accusations made by self-proclaimed human rights NGOs.
Professor Gerald M. Steinberg reviews Daniel Terris' book on Richard Goldstone and lawfare.
The Coalition for the International Criminal Court's “Palestine” section of its website features an account of the Arab-Israeli conflict that reflects a stunning ignorance of basic history and current events.
On July 25, 2018, the UN Human Rights Council appointed three individuals to serve as members of a Commission of Inquiry (COI) into what has been predetermined to be Israel’s “military assaults on the large-scale civilian protests” along the Gaza border.
In advance of a High Court hearing on April 25 about a demolition order against a Palestinian school in Area C of the West Bank, Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a statement accusing Israel of “the war crime of wanton destruction and forcible transfer” and recommending that the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court “examine the school demolitions.”
NGO Monitor describes the flaws and inconsistencies in HRW's report that complains that Israel blocks its employees and those of other NGOs from entering Gaza.
Panel discussion on "The International Criminal Court and Impacts for Israel."