The Palestinian Authority (PA) on Saturday submitted an official request to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate Israeli crimes against the Palestinian children.
The PA foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki called on the ICC chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to exercise her legal power to prevent the Israeli occupation from committing further crimes against the Palestinian children the official Palestinian news agency Wafa said.
Al-Maliki highlighted in his request the case of the 16-year-old Ahed al-Tamimi who has been detained in Israeli jails since 19th December 2017 in a clear violation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Fourth Geneva Convention.
He stressed that these violations fall within the jurisdiction of the ICC based on the Rome Statute.
The Palestinian minister said that these systematic crimes are part of Israel’s apartheid regime imposed on the Palestinian people.
Al-Maliki called for taking all possible steps to lift immunity of the Israeli leaders and protect Palestinian children and civilians.
According to official Palestinian statistics there are nearly 7000 Palestinian prisoners languishing in Israeli jails including 400 minors 450 administrative detainees and 12 MPs.
