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The International Criminal Court’s main prosecutor warned last week against any war crimes or crimes against humanity being committed in the current outbreak of violence between Israel and the Palestinians.
“These are events that we are looking at very seriously,” she said. And any possible atrocities could be investigated.
But as international law expert Amy Maguire explains, accountability for alleged crimes will likely remain elusive.
The enduring Israel-Palestine conflict — as well as the question of Palestinian statehood itself — has been a “perennial dilemma” of the international legal system since the 1940s. Politics is usually to blame.
The ICC has signalled a willingness to put both sides on notice in the conflict, however. Earlier this year, it opened a formal investigation into potential war crimes committed by both Israeli soldiers and Hamas dating back to 2014.
Whether the international community can come together now to put an end to the current violence, though, remains to be seen.
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Despite the International Criminal Court opening an investigation into potential war crimes dating back to 2014, legal accountability will likely remain elusive.
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