He Ministry of Foreign Affairs This June 16, he expressed support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) so that it can “carry out its work free of intimidation and threats” and “in an independent and impartial manner.”
After a journalistic investigation revealed Israel’s decades-long attempts to influence and intimidate the international court in its investigations, the Chancellery rejection, through a statement, “any act of harassment or intimidation” against the ICC and reaffirmed its “firm commitment” with said court.
The text was jointly promoted by Chile, Belgium, Jordan, Slovenia and Senegal and supported by 88 other countries.
On May 20, Chile supported the announcement by ICC prosecutor Karim Khan to issue an arrest warrant against the leaders of Israel and Hamas for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Joint action with Mexico
Furthermore, our sent last January, together with Mexico, the situation of Palestine before this court to investigate crimes committed in both Palestine and Israel since the start of the war in Gaza.
Since October 7, more than 37,300 people have been killed by Israeli fire in the Strip and nearly 85,300 have been injured, according to data from the Ministry of Health of the Palestinian enclave, governed by Hamas.
The ICC, based in The Hague (Netherlands), is a criminal court that prosecutes people (not States) considered most responsible for atrocities. It has 124 member states, among which there is no Israel, but Palestine, which gives it jurisdiction over crimes committed in Palestinian territory or by Palestinian nationals in another state, even if it is not a member.
Israel – like the US and China – signed but did not ratify the Rome Statute, which constitutes the ICC, so the scope of Prosecutor Khan’s measure is still unclear.
