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Articles

Can Biden be tried for Gaza war crimes? | Sarah Leah Whitson | Expert Witness

2 days ago | middleeasteye.net | Sondos Asem

In this in-depth interview, Sarah Leah Whitson, executive director of the US rights group Democracy for the Arab World Now (Dawn), explains the organisation’s submission to the International Criminal Court in January, urging Prosecutor Karim Khan to investigate former US President Joe Biden and members of his administration for their alleged complicity in Israeli war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. This episode was filmed on 10 March 2025.
Why Gaza genocide is strongest case before ICJ | William Schabas | Expert Witness

5 days ago | middleeasteye.net | Sondos Asem

19 April 2025 11:01 BST ago What can more than 100 years of the international justice system tell us about its present and future? In this episode of Expert Witness, Professor William Schabas, world leading scholar of international criminal law and genocide, reflects on his decades of experience as an academic lawyer and genocide expert, and the challenges facing international law after Israel’s war on Gaza in 2023.
Full text of ICJ speech accusing UAE of complicity in genocide in Sudan

1 week ago | middleeasteye.net | Sondos Asem

The International Court of Justice on Thursday began oral hearings in the application by Sudan accusing the United Arab Emirates of breaching the Genocide Convention and requesting interim measures to prevent genocide. It is a historic precedent for the UN's top court to hear a case against an Arab country for allegedly violating the 1948 treaty, to which both Sudan and the Emirates are parties.
Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla on The Hague Group and Israeli impunity

2 weeks ago | middleeasteye.net | Sondos Asem

In this in-depth interview, Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla, the chair of The Hague Group, discusses why nine states launched a coalition in January 2025 to hold Israel accountable under international law. This episode of Expert Witness was filmed on 17 March and first went live on 26 March 2025 for MEE's exclusive members. Middle East Eye delivers independent and unrivalled coverage and analysis of the Middle East, North Africa and beyond.
UN expert Ben Saul calls out western states for Gaza international law breaches

2 weeks ago | middleeasteye.net | Sondos Asem

9 April 2025 15:10 BST ago Ben Saul is the UN Special Rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights and the Challis Chair of International Law at the University of Sydney. In this episode of Expert Witness, he discusses the legal implications of US President Donald Trump's Gaza "take-over" plan, Israel's ban on the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa), and other international law questions arising from Israel's war on Gaza.
Top Gaza lawyer who survived Israeli air strike seeks prosecution of UK citizens

2 weeks ago | middleeasteye.net | Sondos Asem |Imran Mulla

Raji Sourani, founder and director of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, is widely considered to be one of the world's leading Palestinian lawyers. In early 2024, he narrowly survived an Israeli air strike in Gaza which blew up his two-storey home. In late February that year, he crossed into Egypt with his family. Since 2015, Sourani has led the legal team representing Palestinian victims at the International Criminal Court.
Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla on The Hague Group and Israeli impunity

2 weeks ago | ozarab.media | Sondos Asem

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Will Hungary withdraw from ICC during Netanyahu visit?

3 weeks ago | middleeasteye.net | Sondos Asem

Hungary is reportely planning to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) during a controversial visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week. The plan to withdraw from the court, which has issued an arrest warrant against Netanyahu over charges of war crimes in Gaza, has been reported by the Israeli and Hungarian media. Hungary was among the first countries that ratified the Rome Statute, the treaty that established the ICC in 2002.
Hungary 'expected to withdraw from ICC' during Netanyahu visit

3 weeks ago | middleeasteye.net | Sondos Asem

Hungary is reportely planning to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) during a controversial visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week. The plan to withdraw from the court, which has issued an arrest warrant against Netanyahu over charges of war crimes in Gaza, has been reported by the Israeli and Hungarian media. Hungary was among the first countries that ratified the Rome Statute, the treaty that established the ICC in 2002.
Israel Unleashes Bloody Gaza Bombardment, Killing Hundreds

1 month ago | popularresistance.org | Ahmed Aziz |Sondos Asem |Rayhan Uddin

Above photo: (A man mourns those killed in overnight deadly Israeli strikes on Gaza on 18 March 2025 MEE/Mohammed al-Hajjar. And Breaking Truce. Hospitals are overwhelmed with the dead and wounded as Israeli jets bomb homes and schools across the enclave. Israel killed more than 400 Palestinians, including over 100 children, in one of the bloodiest bombardments of the Gaza Strip early on Tuesday, unilaterally ending its ceasefire with Hamas.