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Full list of 124 countries that must arrest Netanyahu for the ICC

By newseditors // 2024-11-22

Soon after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued its arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, the EU's foreign policy chief issued a reminder. (Article by Rayhan Uddin republished from MiddleEastEye.net) "These decisions are binding on all states party to the Rome Statute, which includes all EU member states," Josep Borrell posted on X. The Israeli prime minister and former defence minister are accused of "the war crime of starvation as a method of warfare and the crimes against humanity of murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts". All 124 members of the Rome Statute, the treaty that established the ICC, are now compelled to arrest the two Israelis and hand them over to the court. It is likely that both leaders will restrict their travel so as not to be detained - something Russia's Vladmir Putin has done since being indicted by the ICC in March last year. Some member states have previously flouted their obligation: both South Africa and Jordan failed to arrest Omar Hassan al-Bashir when the Sudanese autocrat visited them, drawing the ire of human rights groups and the ICC. Many of the states that will be compelled to hand over Netanyahu and Gallant are allies of Israel, including the UK, France, Germany and Hungary. The ICC does not have enforcement powers, instead relying on the cooperation of member states to arrest and surrender suspects. France and the Netherlands have both already indicated that they would act on the warrants if needed. Here is the full list of all the state signatories to the ICC, who are obliged to act on the warrants:

A

Afghanistan Albania Andorra Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria

B

Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Belize Benin Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso

C

Cabo Verde Cambodia Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile Colombia Comoros Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Cote d’Ivoire Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic

D

Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic

E

Ecuador El Salvador Estonia

F

Fiji Finland France

G

Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guyana

H

Honduras Hungary

I

Iceland Ireland Italy

J

Japan Jordan

K

Kenya Kiribati

L

Latvia Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg

M

Madagascar Malawi Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritius Mexico Mongolia Montenegro

N

Namibia Nauru Netherlands New Zealand Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Norway

P

Panama Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal

R

Republic of Korea Republic of Moldova Romania

S

Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain State of Palestine Suriname Sweden Switzerland

T

Tanzania Tajikistan Timor-Leste Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia

U

Uganda United Kingdom Uruguay

V

Vanuatu Venezuela

Z

Zambia Read more at: MiddleEastEye.net

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