The ICC issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, his former defence minister, and Hamas military commander Ibrahim Al-Masri, also known as Mohammed Deif, over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Gaza conflict.
Mongolia is one of the 124 ICC member-states that are bound to arrest Putin and send him to The Hague for trial if he sets foot on their territory. Putin was accused of the war crime of illegally deporting hundreds of children from Ukraine.
Mali is one of the countries in the West African region which has long battled an insurgency by armed terror groups including ISIS and al-Qaeda. Al Hassan was accused of involvement in rape, torture, persecution, enforced marriages and sexual slavery under the Ansar Dine group.
The court accused ex-Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Russian Army chief Valery Gerasimov of war crimes and crimes against humanity by attacking civilian targets in Ukraine. The ICC had previously issued a warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for attacks on children in Ukraine.
Amal Clooney, a prominent international human rights lawyer, played a crucial role behind the ICC warrants against Israeli PM Netanyahu, his defence chief and Hamas leaders. She had earlier sparked criticism for not speaking publicly about the Israel-Hamas war.
ICC prosecutor Karim Khan requested arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including PM Benjamin Netanyahu, for alleged war crimes. If these warrants are issued, it would mark an unprecedented intervention in the ongoing war in Gaza and deepen Israel's international isolation.
International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan said he had reasonable grounds to believe that Israeli leaders Benjamin Netanyahu, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and three Hamas leaders committed war crimes. He also said Israel waged a 'systematic' attack against the Palestinian population.
Israel does not recognise the jurisdiction of the court in The Hague, but the Palestinian territories were admitted as a member state in 2015. Netanyahu said the ICC's verdict won't change Israel's operations in Gaza, but would set a dangerous precedent.
As a signatory to the treaty establishing the International Criminal Court, South Africa is obliged to arrest Putin on an indictment the court issued against the Russian leader in March for war crimes involving the abduction of children from Ukraine.
An arrest warrant has been issued against Russian President Vladimir Putin by the International Criminal Court (ICC), should he step out of Russian soil, for alleged war crimes in the ongoing war against Ukraine.
There are clear concerns in the West that Africa's most developed economy is aligning with Russia and pulling other developing countries along with it at a time of heightened global tensions.
Siddiqui, 38, was on assignment in Afghanistan when he was killed on July 16 last year. The journalist was covering clashes between Afghan troops and the Taliban in Spin Boldak district of Kandahar city.
Ukraine’s State Emergency Service has said that more than 2,000 civilians have died since the Russian invasion, a claim that was impossible to verify.
A previous ICC inquiry was deferred in April 2020 following a request by the then Afghan government of Ashraf Ghani to be given time to gather evidence in cooperation with ICC lawyers.
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