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A general view of the International Criminal Court (ICC) building in The Hague, Netherlands on April 30, 2024. [Selman Aksünger – Anadolu Agency]
A group of Swiss lawyers has filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court, accusing their government of failing to meet its international legal obligations in relation to Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip.
The complaint relies on reports issued by United Nations bodies and independent international human rights organisations in characterising events in Gaza as genocide.
According to sources familiar with the filing, the complaint places particular emphasis on Switzerland’s status as the depositary state of the Geneva Conventions, arguing that this role carries heightened legal and moral responsibilities.
The plaintiffs include 25 lawyers from both French- and German-speaking regions of Switzerland, a move they say reflects broad concern within parts of the country’s legal community.
The complaint contains direct accusations that policies pursued by Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis facilitated Israeli military operations in Gaza.
The lawyers argue that Switzerland’s official position did not adequately reflect the gravity of Israel’s crimes in the occupied Palestinian territories and instead provided political and legal cover for their continuation.
According to the filing, Swiss exports of military equipment and dual-use materials to Israel during the war totalled approximately 16.7 million Swiss francs in 2024, rising to around 25 million francs the following year. The complainants described these exports as direct material support contributing to the ongoing conflict.
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A demonstrator holds up a “Wanted” poster featuring Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they take part in a “Solidarity with Palestine” demo in Berlin on August 9, 2025. (Photo by Ralf Hirschberger/AFP via Getty Images)
“For Palestinians, the appointment of Benjamin Netanyahu to the ‘Board of Peace’ is not just shocking but deeply offensive—he is seen by many as the mastermind of the genocide.”
With Palestinians in Gaza still under assault, searching the rubble for loved ones, and burying those newly killed by Israel’s military, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed Wednesday to join US President Donald Trump’s so-called “Board of Peace,” a move critics said further discredits a project that has widely been seen as farcical and potentially dangerous from the start.
The office of the Israeli prime minister, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza, said in a statement that Netanyahu “accepts the invitation of US President Donald Trump and will become a member of the Board of Peace, which is to be comprised of world leaders.”
Trump first announced plans for the Board of Peace last year, and the United Nations Security Council officially welcomed the body’s creation in a resolution passed in November—even as critics warned the board could undermine the UN.
The Security Council resolution endorsed the board as a “transitional administration with international legal personality that will set the framework, and coordinate funding for, the redevelopment of Gaza,” but its actual scope and ambition—as laid out by the Trump administration—appears much broader.
“Trump would serve as the board’s chair and US representative, overseeing a group of countries that he nominates for three-year terms,” the International Crisis Group explained. “At least 60 countries, including the Security Council’s other permanent members, have received an invitation to join. Any member could buy a permanent seat in exchange for a $1 billion investment.”
But several US allies—including France, Norway, and Sweden—have rejected the US president’s invite. French officials reportedly expressed concern that the board’s charter extends beyond pursuing a resolution in the Gaza Strip and “raises major questions, particularly regarding respect for the principles and structure of the United Nations, which under no circumstances can be called into question.”
“How can someone accused of these crimes be branded a peacemaker? The population is still burying its dead—this is impunity dressed up as diplomacy.”
Observers were quick to denounce the addition of Netanyahu to a body whose purported aim is peace.
“The genocide architect and International Criminal Court fugitive who has been planning and promising the depopulation of Gaza is now officially part of the ‘Board of Peace,’” wrote political scientist Nicola Perugini.
Adil Haque, a law professor at Rutgers University, called Netanyahu’s membership “the worst-case scenario when the UN Security Council authorized this travesty.”
“Sickening,” Haque added.
News of Netanyahu’s decision to join Trump’s Board of Peace came as Israel launched deadly new attacks on Gaza. Reutersreported that “Israeli fire killed 11 Palestinians, including two boys and three journalists, in Gaza on Wednesday, local medics said.”
Al Jazeera‘s Tareq Abu Azzoum, reporting from Gaza City, wrote Wednesday that “for Palestinians, the appointment of Benjamin Netanyahu to the ‘Board of Peace’ is not just shocking but deeply offensive—he is seen by many as the mastermind of the genocide.”
“He is viewed as responsible for mass killings, displacement, and the destruction of civilian life,” Abu Azzoum added. “From that perspective, how can someone accused of these crimes be branded a peacemaker? The population is still burying its dead—this is impunity dressed up as diplomacy.”
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks while President Donald Trump looks on during a December 2, 2025 Cabinet meeting in the White House in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
“When judicial actors are threatened for applying the law, it is the international legal order itself that is placed at risk,” the court said.
The International Criminal Court and human rights groups on Thursday condemned new US sanctions on two more of the tribunal’s judges, which brought the total number of sanctioned ICC jurists to 11 amid the Trump administration’s escalating campaign of retaliation against people and institutions seeking to hold Israel and the United States accountable for their alleged crimes.
“Today, I am designating two International Criminal Court (ICC) judges, Gocha Lordkipanidze of Georgia and Erdenebalsuren Damdin of Mongolia, pursuant to Executive Order 14203, ‘Imposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court,’” US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement, referring to President Donald Trump’s February edict.
“These individuals have directly engaged in efforts by the ICC to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute Israeli nationals, without Israel’s consent, including voting with the majority in favor of the ICC’s ruling against Israel’s appeal on December 15,” Rubio added, referencing Monday’s rejection of an Israeli bid to block a probe into alleged war crimes committed during the genocidal two-year war on Gaza.
Although Israel and the US are not ICC members and do not recognize the Hague-based tribunal’s jurisdiction, Palestineis a state party to the Rome Statute governing the court. The treaty says that individuals from nonsignatory nations can be held liable for crimes committed in the territory of a member state.
Last year, the ICC issued warrants for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes in Gaza, including murder and forced starvation in a war that has left more than 250,000 Palestinians dead, wounded, or missing.
The Trump administration had previously sanctioned nine other ICC jurists: Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan (United Kingdom), Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan (Fiji), Deputy Prosecutor Mame Mandiaye Niang (Senegal), Judge Solomy Balungi Bossa (Uganda), Judge Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza (Peru), Judge Reine Adelaide Sophie Alapini-Gansou (Benin), Judge Beti Hohler (Slovenia), Judge Nicolas Yann Guillou (France), and Judge Kimberly Prost (Canada).
The affected judges have recently described how the US sanctions have left them and their families—who are also blacklisted—“wiped out economically and socially.”
Responding to the new US punitive measures, the ICC said Thursday that “these sanctions are a flagrant attack against the independence of an impartial judicial institution which operates pursuant to the mandate conferred by its states parties from across regions.”
“Such measures targeting judges and prosecutors who were elected by the states parties undermine the rule of law,” the court continued. “When judicial actors are threatened for applying the law, it is the international legal order itself that is placed at risk.”
“As previously stated, the court stands firmly behind its personnel and behind victims of unimaginable atrocities,” the ICC added. “It will continue to carry out its mandate with independence and impartiality, in full accordance with the Rome Statute and in the interest of victims of international crimes.”
Human Rights Watch also slammed the new US sanctions, which the group called “the latest attempt by the Trump administration to blatantly interfere with independent justice.”
The US government has imposed sanctions on two additional ICC judges in order to shield Israeli officials from charges of grave international crimes.These sanctions are the latest attempt by the Trump administration to blatantly interfere with independent justice.
Amnesty International’s Center for International Justice lamented that “once again, the US administration is attacking international justice—sanctioning two ICC judges. This cannot be normalized.””States must firmly oppose US threats and sanctions and uphold the court’s ability to pursue accountability,” the group added, “even against the most powerful perpetrators.”
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European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas speaks during a press conference following a meeting with the EU Defense Ministers in Brussels, Belgium on December 1, 2025. [Dursun Aydemir – Anadolu Agency]
A group of European Parliament lawmakers called on the EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, to act in line with international law and “end your complicity in the genocide against the Palestinian people,” according to a letter seen by Anadolu on Friday, Anadolu reports.
The letter, addressed to Kallas, followed a Dec. 3 event titled “EU: End Your Complicity in the Genocide Against the Palestinian People.”
It urged the EU to suspend the EU–Israel Association Agreement, implement a comprehensive arms embargo, respect decisions of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the International Criminal Court (ICC), protect Palestinian human rights organizations, and condemn sanctions imposed against the ICC.
“After 789 days of genocide and 58 years of illegal occupation, we believe it is essential that the European Parliament send a clear message: Europe cannot continue to be complicit,” the latter said.
The call was signed by European Parliament members Jaume Asens and Melissa Camara of the Greens/EFA, Marc Botenga and Irene Montero of the Left, and Cecilia Strada of the S&D group.
The lawmakers urged fellow MEPs to add their signatures as co-supporters.
Israel has killed more than 70,000 people, mostly women and children, and injured nearly 171,000 others in attacks in Gaza since October 2023.
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Judge Tomoko Akane arrives at the ICC court in The Hague on November 20, 2024 [EVA PLEVIER/ANP/POOL/AFP via Getty Images]
The president of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday urged UN member states to uphold their obligations under the Rome Statute and assist in the execution of outstanding arrest warrants, Anadolu agency reported.
Presenting the ICC’s 2025 Annual Report to the UN, Judge Tomoko Akane told the UN General Assembly that 33 publicly known arrest warrants remain unexecuted.
“The Court strongly urges States Parties to continue to fulfil their statutory obligations in line with the commitment made when signing the Rome Statute,” she said.
Akane listed one of the Court’s most closely watched investigations, including arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity related to the onslaught in Palestine.
“The Court has continued efforts to enhance its tracking capabilities but arrest warrants cannot be executed without the cooperation of states.
“Again, the Court urges all UN member states to assist the Court by cooperating on the arrest and transfer of individuals subject to outstanding ICC arrest warrants,” she said.
Reaffirming the ICC’s commitment to victims, Akane emphasized that victims of mass atrocities remain “at the center” of ICC proceedings, describing their participation as essential to the Court’s mission.
“The Court gives victims a voice, a space to tell their stories, and the hope that truth will be acknowledged and responsibility established. Providing suffering humanity with hope and truth is at the very core of the Court’s raison d’être,” she said.
She highlighted the ICC’s work on reparations and restorative justice, which aim not only to provide compensation but also to help rebuild communities shattered by conflict.
Akane reaffirmed that despite mounting political and operational challenges, the ICC remains steadfast in its mission to uphold accountability and international justice.
“Despite all the challenges, the International Criminal Court will continue to carry out its judicial mandate to deal with individual criminal responsibility, with full independence and impartiality. In so doing, the Court hopes to offer its contribution to the rule of law in the international community,” she said.
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