ICC Says It Has No Jurisdiction over Crimes Committed on Palestinian Territory

(KUNA-Kuwait) The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, told Riyad Al-Maliki, the Foreign Minister of Palestine, on Tuesday: "Palestine is not a State Party to the Rome Statute; neither has the Court received any official document from Palestine indicating acceptance of ICC jurisdiction.... Therefore, the ICC has no jurisdiction over alleged crimes committed on the territory of Palestine."


2014-08-06 00:00:00

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