Arguments that the ICC is ‘criminalising’ self-defence by issuing arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant are absurd.


Refik Hodzic is a journalist, filmmaker and transitional justice expert from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Arguments that the ICC is ‘criminalising’ self-defence by issuing arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant are absurd.

As a justice activist from Bosnia, I see the conditions for genocide in Gaza.

No, the UN’s hands were not tied due to ‘logistical issues’ or decisions by the Security Council.

The moral and legal basis for continuation of delivery of aid to Idlib without the UNSC’s approval is strong and clear.

The COVID-19 pandemic made an already dire situation worse for more than 1.5 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon.
![Syrian refugees salvage belongings from the wreckage of their shelters at a camp set on fire overnight in the northern Lebanese town of Bhanine on December 27, 2020 [File: Ibrahim Chaloub/AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/000_8XT4AJ.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The premature repatriation of displaced Syrians could cause further cycles of violence and suffering.

The dehumanisation campaign Syrians are facing is strikingly similar to the one that led to the genocide of Bosnians.

Unless Mladic’s legacy is addressed in the rest of Bosnia, the outcome of his trial in The Hague may be merely symbolic.
