What a coincidence. In a major new report, Israel has been accused by Human Rights Watch for carrying out “crimes against humanity” with the use of a system of “apartheid and persecution” against the Palestinians of Gaza and the West Bank. 1/6 
Simultaneously, in the week that police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of the murder of George Floyd, a devastating report published in the US has described police shootings of people of African decenct as “crimes against humanity.” 2/6
In both the case of Israeli state and the US police, the reports have called for a the culprit nations to be prosecuted at the International Criminal Court at The Hague. Unfortunately, that’s where my optimism ends. 3/6
Both the USA and Israel do not recognise the ICC. They’re in good company. Neither does China or Russia. Last year, the US imposed sanctions - including assert freezing, bans on entering the US and threats of arrest and prosecution against ICC chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda 4/6
and other colleagues investigating US war crimes in Afghanistan. (The investigations include my own testimony.) ICC prosecutors who seek to hold America and Israel to account are seen in the same light as terrorists and enemies of the state. That’s not a joke. 5/6
So much for being beacons of justice, accountability, freedoms and examples for others. Don’t expect anything. As far as they’re all concerned, the ICC is only for poor African and Asian nations and people. 6/6
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