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

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