the hague

Israel’s Covert War on the ICC

Yuval Abraham, Meron Rapoport / +972 Magazine May 30, 2024 Top Israeli government and security officials have overseen a nine-year surveillance operation targeting the ICC and Palestinian rights groups to thwart a war crimes probe. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )

Environment

The EU Passes Landmark Law Criminalizing Ecocide

Lylla Younes / Grist Mar 11, 2024 Advocates hope that the EU’s move will have influence beyond Europe’s borders. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Environment

The Decimation of Gaza: Making ‘Ecocide’ an International Crime

Lylla Younes / Grist Feb 27, 2024 Currently, The Hague can only prosecute four types of crimes. Ecocide could become the fifth. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

TD Column

How South Africa Lost Its Genocide Case Against Israel

Bill Blum / Truthdig Jan 29, 2024 The International Court of Justice has declined to order a ceasefire in Gaza. South Africa’s legal team is partly to blame. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

TD Column

Who Has Jurisdiction Over Morality?

Bill Blum / Truthdig Jan 16, 2024 South Africa’s genocide suit against Israel brought high drama — but not Hamas — to The Hague. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

Israeli Measured Response

Dave Granlund Jan 15, 2024 Dig deeper

U.N. List Targets Firms Linked to Israeli Settlements

JOSEF FEDERMAN and JAMEY KEATEN / The Associated Press Feb 12, 2020 Over 100 companies are said to be complicit in violating Palestinian human rights by operating in the occupied West Bank. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Official: Sudan to Hand Over Omar al-Bashir for Genocide Trial

SAMY MAGDY / The Associated Press Feb 11, 2020 For his role in the Darfur conflict, the county's former president also stands accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Israel Says It Has Completed Gaza Strikes After Rocket Fire

FARES AKRAM and JOSEPH KRAUSS / The Associated Press Nov 15, 2019 Hamas cancels the weekly protests it organizes along the perimeter fence—apparently in an effort to preserve the calm. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Why John Bolton Should Be Tried at International Criminal Court

Juan Cole / Informed Comment Sep 12, 2018 Here are the crimes that I allege the national security adviser has committed, for which he by all rights should face justice at the Hague, at the hands of the same ICC judges that he recently threatened. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

International Court Overturns Ex-Congo Official’s War Crime Convictions

MIKE CORDER / The Associated Press Jun 8, 2018 The ruling does not mean the atrocities committed by his forces in Central African Republic did not take place, but that former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba cannot be held criminally responsible for them. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Chemical Weapons Team Kept From Alleged Attack Site in Syria

SARAH EL DEEB and NATALIYA VASILEYVA / The Associated PRess Apr 16, 2018 Inspectors' lack of access to Douma has left unanswered questions about the April 7 attack that prompted a military response by the U.S. and two allies. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )