The Hague

Meetings At The Hague Reveal Crisis And Turmoil

December 12, 2024 David Kattenburg, Mondoweiss. Educate! Arrest Warrants, Benjamin Netanyahu, Congress, International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel, Palestine, The Hague, Yoav Gallant

The issuance of arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former War Minister, Yoav Gallant, on November 21, not only shocked the Israeli and U.S. establishment but also some of the 125 State Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), who would soon be tasked with executing those warrants, once they’ve been certified and communicated to them by the Court Registry. This past week, in the sprawling chambers of the World Forum Convention Center in The Hague, representatives of those countries gathered for the 23rd Session of the ICC’s Assembly of State Parties (ASP), the representative body that funds, governs, and supervises the implementation of the ICC’s founding treaty.

Wanted By International Criminal Court, Netanyahu To Address Congress

May 26, 2024 News Desk, The Cradle. Educate! Benjamin Netanyahu, Congress, Crimes against humanity, France, Genocide, Germany, International Criminal Court (ICC), Israel, Palestine, The Hague, US Congress, War crimes

Mike Johnson, Republican Speaker of the US House of Representatives, said on 23 May that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will soon address a joint meeting of the Congress. “Tonight, I’m happy to announce ... we will soon be hosting Prime Minister Netanyahu at the Capitol for a joint session of Congress,” Johnson said during a speech at an Israeli embassy event. Johnson said during the speech that Netanyahu’s upcoming address will be “a strong show of support for the Israeli government in their time of greatest need.” The announcement comes as officials from the administration of US President Joe Biden have made increasingly critical comments on Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza.

A Personal Report From The Hague

January 19, 2024 Tarak Kauff, Peace & Planet News. Resist! Genocide, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Palestine, South Africa, The Hague

This past Wednesday night, January 10, I flew out from Newburgh, NY, headed toward Amsterdam and then to The Hague for the International Court of Justice hearing on South Africa’s charges of genocide against Israel. Usually I travel with my partner, Ellen Davidson, but as she had work commitments, I had to travel by myself. A little scary, as Ellen always does all the navigating. By myself I’m likely to get lost going around the block. Nonetheless, after traveling to the West Bank twice with VFP delegations and making Palestinian friends there, some of whom have been swept up and imprisoned after Oct. 7th, I felt compelled to go.

At The Hague, Aharon Barak Will Play Dr. Jekyll To Israel’s Mr. Hyde

January 15, 2024 Orly Noy, +972 Magazine. Educate! Genocide, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Palestine, South Africa, The Hague

The announcement that Israel has chosen Aharon Barak, the renowned former Supreme Court President, to join the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as it judges a landmark case charging Israel with genocide has sent the country into a tizzy. Barak will be Israel’s representative on a panel that is hastily being convened to discuss South Africa’s petition for an emergency suspension of Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip — a panel that will consist of the ICJ’s 15 permanent judges plus one from Israel and one from South Africa. Barak has long been reviled by the Israeli right for having enshrined various liberal principles in the state’s quasi-constitution during his tenure as Supreme Court president from 1995-2006.

Your Man In The Hague (In A Good Way)

January 15, 2024 Craig Murray. Educate! Genocide, International Court of Justice (ICJ), Israel, Palestine, South Africa, The Hague

I attended the hearing on Thursday of South Africa’s case against Israel for genocide at the International Court of Justice. I was able to sit in the public gallery and watch all the proceedings. I was, however, handicapped in reporting by the fact that we were not allowed pens or pencils (though we were allowed paper). I asked the Head of Security at the ICJ why pens were not allowed in the public gallery. He told me, with a perfectly straight face, that they could be used as a weapon. So bereft of my deadly ballpoint, this account is less detailed and more impressionistic than I would wish to give you.

What Israel Faces At The Hague

January 11, 2024 Gareth Porter, Consortium News. Educate! Gaza, Genocide, Israel, Palestine, South Africa, The Hague, War crimes

But in political terms the 84-page document that South Africa submitted to the Court represents the most powerful indictment of Israeli genocide that has been available to the public thus far. It not only documents the genocidal consequences of the Israeli massive bombing and siege of Gaza, but presents a complete file of official Israeli professions of determination to carry out genocide against the Palestinians population of the Gaza strip.

Court Orders Shell To Pay Nigerian Farmers Over Oil Spills

February 2, 2021 Al Jazeera. Educate! Farmers, Nigeria, Shell Oil, The Hague

A Dutch court has ordered the Nigerian subsidiary of Shell to pay compensation over oil spills in Nigeria’s Niger Delta, a ruling which could pave the way for more cases against multinational oil firms. The Court of Appeal in The Hague on Friday ruled that the Nigerian arm of the British-Dutch company must issue payouts over a long-running civil case involving four Nigerian farmers who were seeking compensation, and a clean-up, from the company over pollution caused by leaking oil pipelines. It held Shell’s Nigerian subsidiary liable for two leaks that spewed oil over an area of a total of about 60 football pitches in two villages, saying that it could not be established “beyond a reasonable doubt” that saboteurs were to blame.

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