A group of UN experts criticize a US Senate bill that aims to punish the ICC and its personnel for investigating alleged war crimes in Palestine. They argue that the bill undermines international law and jeopardizes accountability for potential crimes against humanity.
A group of UN human rights experts are urging the U.S. Senate to block a bill that seeks to punish the International Criminal Court ( ICC ) and people affiliated with it after the body launched an investigation into alleged war crimes in Palestine. The bill, entitled the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act, has garnered the support of nearly all Republicans in the chamber and 45 Democrats.
Opponents of the bill have pointed out that the bill is seemingly purpose-built to ensure that Israeli leaders enjoy impunity at a time when there is an increasing consensus among human rights experts that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. The bill compels the president to issue sanctions for ICC officials and people who assist in ICC proceedings against a U.S. ally. It also targets the families of these individuals with sanctions, which include barring them from entering the United States. Many civil and human rights organizations have warned that the bill is overly sweeping and would even further erode the fabric of international humanitarian law and could help engineers of war crimes evade accountability. It’s unclear if the Senate will take up the bill. The last time the House passed the bill, in June, the Senate declined to take it up, as President Joe Biden vowed to veto the legislation. However, the Senate is now under Republican control, and Donald Trump is slated to take office in less than two weeks. The U.S. is one of only a handful of states, including Israel, not party to the Rome Statute
International Law Politics INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT ICC UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS US SENATE ISRAEL PALESTINE WAR CRIMES ACCOUNTABILITY GAZA
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