Published: 16 August 2016
Last updated: 4 March 2024
On 1 January 2015, the ‘Government of Palestine’ accepted the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court with respect to alleged crimes committed ‘in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, since June 13, 2014.’ [On 12 June 2014, three Israeli teenagers were kidnapped and murdered in the West Bank.] On 16 January 2015, the ICC Prosecutor opened a preliminary examination of ‘the situation in Palestine.’ Crimes alleged on both sides in the relevant period relate to the Gaza war in 2014 and to settlement activity, demolitions, settler violence, and ill treatment of Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Dutch probe death threats against Palestinian rights activist aiding ICC's 2014 Gaza war inquiry – Thomas Escritt – Haaretz 11.08.16
Nada Kiswanson, a legal researcher at Palestinian rights group Al-Haq, claims to have received continuous threats since early 2016 after submitting information to prosecutors.
And see:
International Criminal Court discussing PA claims March 26, 2016
ICC report; Spanish, South African lawfare November 17, 2015
Will Israel cooperate with ICC? June 26, 2015
ICC investigators going soon to Israel June 22, 2015
Maps and aerial photographs of settlement expansion since 1997 to ICC June 10, 2015



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