The arrest warrants issued yesterday against the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Nentayahuand his former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant by the International Criminal Court (ICC) join those of other leaders, such as the Russian president, Vladimir Putinand the former president of Sudan Omar al Bashir.
On September 20, the Israeli government officially objected to the ICC’s jurisdiction to prosecute war crimes in Gaza, as well as the legality to issue arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant. It was the response given by the Jerusalem executive to the ICC attorney general, Karim Khanwho requested authorization on May 20 from judges to issue arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant for crimes committed in the Gaza Strip.
In March 2024, the ICC issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of being responsible for war crimes committed in Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly denied the accusations and, in fact, does not recognize the jurisdiction of the court in The Hague, in the Netherlands.
The former president of Sudan Omar al-Bashir (1993-2019) is the other head of state for whom the ICC has an active arrest warrant. He has been wanted for crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide in Darfur (Sudan) since 2009. The ICC decision was rejected by the African Union, the Arab League, the Non-Aligned Movement and the governments of Russia and China.
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The ICC Prosecutor’s Office has also opened a formal investigation against Venezuela since November 2021, after having examined complaints from Peru, Argentina, Canada, Colombia, Chile and Paraguay, ensuring that crimes against humanity had been committed in the Bolivarian country. starting February 12, 2014.
For now, the investigation is being carried out against Venezuela and not against any senior official in the Latin American country. However, on September 6, 2024, around thirty former Ibero-American leaders and the former presidents of the Spanish Government Felipe González, José María Aznar and Mariano Rajoy asked the ICC Prosecutor’s Office for “the immediate capture and detention” of the Venezuelan president. Nicolas Madurofrom your number two Diosdado Hair and the entire chain of command of the country.
Searched for and captured is Said al Islam Gaddafi, who was de facto prime minister of the Libyan regime under the presidency of his father, Muammar Gaddafi. Said is wanted for crimes against humanity following the popular demonstrations in Libya in February 2011.
The former head of state of the Ivory Coast Laurent Gbagbo (2000 and 2011) was the first president to be in ICC custody, once arrested and extradited to The Hague. The ICC tried him for murder, rape, other inhuman acts and persecution committed between 2010 and 2011. In March 2021 he was acquitted. The ICC judges crimes of genocide, war, aggression and crimes against humanity and its sentences compromise countries. The United States, Russia, China, India, Israel, Cuba and Iraq do not recognize its jurisdiction.
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