AMMAN
— In a remarkable move, the Jordan Bar Association announced its submission of a
complaint to the Prosecutor of the
International Criminal Court (ICC), in
conjunction with Arab human rights organizations. This action was coordinated
with the Arab Lawyers Union and in collaboration with the French lawyer Gilles
Devers. The complaint targets leaders and individuals from the Israeli
occupation state, accusing them of
committing genocide against the Palestinian
people in the Gaza Strip.
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Yahya
Abu Aboud, the head of the Jordanian Bar Association, stated that a legal team
had been dispatched to The Hague, Netherlands, the headquarters of the
International Criminal Court. They carried with them a comprehensive dossier of
documents and evidence to support their accusation of "acts constituting
genocide committed in the State of Palestine,” Jo24 reported.
Abu
Aboud emphasized that this complaint marks the first of its kind to be
submitted before the court. It serves as an official announcement of the
commencement of legal proceedings against Israeli occupation leaders, both
politically and militarily.
He
explained that the
Jordanian Bar Association (JBA) had diligently collected
documentation and evidence during the previous period of aggression in Gaza.
They aimed to compile a thorough case to present before the International
Criminal Court, initiating formal investigations.
The
head of the bar stressed that the lawyers grounded their lawsuit against the
Israeli entity on the precedent set by South Africa's lawsuit. This step, he
noted, aligns with the decisions of the previous
Jordanian Bar Association council, as well as the resolutions of the permanent bureau of the Arab Lawyers
Union in Amman, and those arising from the Algiers Declaration (the
International Alliance for Legal Support for the Palestinian People).
Abu
Aboud added that the complaint would undergo scrutiny by the prosecutor
general. There would be a meeting with the prosecutor general and the court's
body within the next two or three weeks to follow up on the complaint. Notable
figures included in the complaint are Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Galant, and others from the
Israeli occupation leadership.
The
international team involved comprises the Jordanian, Palestinian, Algerian,
Tunisian, and Mauritanian Bar Associations, as well as the
National Union of Algerian Judges.
On
another note, Dr. Anis Qasim, an international law expert, commended the
lawsuit filed by the Bar Association against the leaders of the Israeli enemy.
However, he emphasized the importance of forming an international alliance
among all bar associations in the Arab world. This alliance would work
alongside representatives of countries in the meetings of the General Assembly
of the States Parties to the Rome Statute. Their objective would be to remove
the current Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan, due to
concerns regarding his lack of objectivity and his biased stance towards the
Israeli occupation.
Qasim
further explained to Al Jazeera Net that International Prosecutor
Karim Khan had lost credibility and neutrality. The statements made by Israeli leaders, he
argued, were sufficient to convict them under the International Court of
Justice, given the demonstration of criminal intent. However, Khan has yet to
take the required steps.
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