Referral of the Palestinian Situation to the International Criminal Court (ICC) / @aliciabarcena @SRE_mx >>>

#SRE.- Today, Mexico and Chile referred the situation of the State of Palestine to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for investigation into the probable commission of crimes within its jurisdiction.

The referral is based on Articles 13(a) and 14 of the ICC Statute, which allows a State Party to refer to the Prosecutor a situation in which one or more crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court appear to have been committed and to request the Prosecutor to investigate the situation in order to determine whether one or more persons should be charged with the commission of such crimes.

Mexico and Chile’s action follows growing concern over the latest escalation of violence, particularly against civilian targets, and the alleged continued commission of crimes under the Court’s jurisdiction, specifically since the October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas militants and the subsequent hostilities in Gaza.

With this action, Mexico reiterates its support for the ICC as the appropriate forum for the establishment of individual international criminal responsibility in the most serious and relevant cases for the international community, while emphasizing the importance of guaranteeing the independence of the ICC prosecutor to investigate crimes committed in the context of the conflict in Gaza, whether committed by agents of the occupying power or the occupied power.

The ICC’s intervention takes on particular relevance in the light of the numerous reports from the United Nations that report a large number of incidents that may constitute crimes within the jurisdiction of the ICC under the Rome Statute.

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