The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon confirmed that Palestinians will official become a member of the International Criminal Court on April 1, the UN press office said on Wednesday.
Palestine’s membership at the ICC, allow the court, based in The Hague, to exercise jurisdiction over war crimes committed by anyone in Palestinian territory, without needing referral form the UN Security Council.
Palestine signed up to the ICC a day after a resolution recognising Palestinian statehood failed at an UN Security Council vote last week.
Meanwhile the US said that it did not acknowledge Palestine’s membership at the ICC, reports Reuters.
Arguing that the US did not believe that Palestine was a sovereign state, the State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki, said, “It doesn’t qualify to join the ICC.”
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Palestine’s membership at the ICC, allow the court, based in The Hague, to exercise jurisdiction over war crimes committed by anyone in Palestinian territory, without needing referral form the UN Security Council.
Palestine signed up to the ICC a day after a resolution recognising Palestinian statehood failed at an UN Security Council vote last week.
Meanwhile the US said that it did not acknowledge Palestine’s membership at the ICC, reports Reuters.
Arguing that the US did not believe that Palestine was a sovereign state, the State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki, said, “It doesn’t qualify to join the ICC.”
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Palestine submits documents to join ICC (03 Jan 2015)