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ICC Complaint Accuses Italy’s Meloni and Ministers of Complicity in Genocide Over Support to Israel

Complainants ask the ICC to consider opening an investigation into Italy’s role in supporting Israel.

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Une manifestation nationale pour Gaza a eu lieu à Rome samedi dernier.
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Overview

  • The filing, dated October 1, was submitted by Juristes et avocats pour la Palestine and signed by about 50 law professors, lawyers and public figures.
  • Giorgia Meloni said the complaint names her, Defense Minister Guido Crosetto, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, and possibly Leonardo CEO Roberto Cingolani.
  • The authors allege that political backing of Israel and the supply of lethal weapons rendered the Italian government complicit in an ongoing genocide and in serious war crimes and crimes against humanity.
  • The submission asks the International Criminal Court to assess whether to open a formal investigation, and the court has not announced one.
  • Context includes UN investigators’ findings that Israel committed genocide in Gaza and existing ICC warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant on war crimes and crimes against humanity, not genocide.