ICC’s Palestine ruling is a threat to international law | Lawgazette
The decision of the International Criminal Court’s three-judge ‘pre-trial chamber’ last week confirmed the view that the Hague-based court has succumbed to the dangerous politicisation of international legal institutions. All pretence has been dropped.
Established by the Rome Statute in 1998, and charged with bringing the perpetrators of mass atrocities to justice, the court suffers from an abysmal record. In 2012 it was resoundingly criticised for spending nearly a billion US dollars and taking 10 years to deliver its first judgment and matters have only worsened since then, with an independent expert review culminating in a damning report in 2020. The abandonment of any façade of adhering to the international rule of law must surely now be the final nail in the court’s coffin.
Established by the Rome Statute in 1998, and charged with bringing the perpetrators of mass atrocities to justice, the court suffers from an abysmal record. In 2012 it was resoundingly criticised for spending nearly a billion US dollars and taking 10 years to deliver its first judgment and matters have only worsened since then, with an independent expert review culminating in a damning report in 2020. The abandonment of any façade of adhering to the international rule of law must surely now be the final nail in the court’s coffin.
Honestly Concerned e.V.
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