rt.com 16 Nov, 2023 13:49
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South Africa refers Israel to ICC
Pretoria accuses the Israeli government of committing genocide in Gaza
President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa. © PHILL MAGAKOE / AFP
South Africa has asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the Israeli government for alleged war crimes in Gaza, President Cyril Ramaphosa
announced on Wednesday during a two-day visit to Qatar.
The claim against Israel, which has not ratified the Rome Statute – the treaty establishing the ICC – was taken “together with many other countries”, Ramaphosa said, without specifying which states were involved.
Last week, Colombian President Gustavo Petro
announced Bogota would request that the court prosecute Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over “
the massacre” of civilians in Gaza. Similarly, two Turkish lawyers and a former lawmaker have
petitioned Ankara's government to file charges against Israel at the ICC, to which Türkiye is also not a party.