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Today, the ICC is in crisis. When it convenes in special session to review the case, the full Assembly must overturn this improper action by the Bureau and take concrete steps to protect the court and prosecutors from Israeli, U.S., and Western persecution. This includes protection from U.S. sanctions, UK intimidation, Israel proxy smear campaigns, spying and surveillance, and all efforts to otherwise obstruct justice. To avoid further damage to the reputation of the Court, the Palestine case should be given urgent priority, thereby demonstrating to victims and perpetrators alike that interference in the course of justice will not succeed. And ICC office policies on sexual misconduct should be reviewed and strengthened, with a focus on prevention, the avoidance of even the appearance of impropriety, due process for those accused, and protection for all staff and associated personnel from abuse of power.
If they fail to do so, the still nascent ICC may well wither and die on the vine, and with it, any hope of universal institutions of justice and criminal accountability in our time."
The U.S. and Israeli campaign to liquidate the ICC is working. Countries of conscience must intervene.
The recent suspension of ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan over allegations of sexual misconduct, despite a lack of evidence, shows the U.S., Israel, and their Western allies will stop at nothing to torpedo any effort to hold Israel accountable for genocide.
MiaK 🏴 🇵🇸
William Bell