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20 May 2024
Statement of ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC: Applications for arrest warrants in the situation in the State of PalestineInternational Criminal Court
On 20 May 2024, ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan KC files applications for warrants of arrest before Pre-Trial Chamber I in the Situation in the State of Palestine against Hamas leader and two senior members as well as Israel's Prime Minister and Minister of Defence.
20 March 2024
Law for Palestine Releases its Communication Submitted to the International Criminal Court: Genocide Perpetration in Gaza by Israeli War Cabinet MembersLaw for Palestine
Law for Palestine submits communication to the Office of the Prosecutor (OPT) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the perpetration of the crime of genocide perpetrated by members of the Israeli war cabinet against Palestinians in Gaza.
16 January 2024
Arming the War in Israel-Palestine: Legal ConsiderationsCo-organised by the Arms Trade Litigation Monitor and the Forum on the Arms Trade
International Court of Justice
International Criminal Court
The Netherlands
United States of America
Event
This event provided an opportunity to learn about and discuss some of the legal challenges asking for transparency in or a stop to the provision of weapons to Israel in the context of the current Israel-Gaza conflict, amid the broader context of increased litigation around arms transfers.
20 January 2020
Complicity in War Crimes through (Legal) Arms Supplies?Kai Ambos | EJIL:Talk!
This blog post considers whether criminal complicity under international law is possible when exports are licenced by national authorities, in light of the communication to the ICC OTP and with a particular focus on the German system.
14 January 2020
Extraterritorial Obligations of Arms Exporting Corporations: New Communication to the ICCMarina Aksenova and Linde Bryk | Opinio Juris
This blog post provides explanation and analysis of two central aspects of the submission to the Office of the Prosecutor, namely its focus on corporate actors and the interpretation of complicity of corporate actors under the Rome Statute.
18 October 2019
Individual Criminal Liability for Arms Exports under the ICC Statute: A Case Study of Arms Exports from Europe to Saudi-led Coalition Members Used in the War in YemenLinde Bryk and Miriam Saage-Maaß | Journal of International Criminal Justice
This article examines the circumstances under which corporate officers responsible for weapons exports can be criminally liable as accomplices to war crimes under Article 25(3)(c) of the Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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