Israeli soldier in Romania faces criminal lawsuit over Gaza crimes
Pro-Palestine legal campaigners have lodged a criminal complaint in Romania, calling for the arrest and investigation of an Israeli soldier, who is currently in the southeastern European country and suspected to have committed war crimes in the Gaza Strip.
The International Center of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP), working with a local Romanian legal team, submitted the complaint to Romanian authorities on Tuesday as part of its new Global 195 initiative.
The ICJP submitted evidence of the named suspect, including a photograph of him in Gaza alongside another male soldier wearing clothing belonging to Palestinian civilians.
The legal group asserted that the individual took part in Israeli military onslaughts which may constitute war crimes under Romanian and international law.
The Romanian submission refers to the International Criminal Court's (ICC) arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former minister of military affairs Yoav Gallant.
It urges Romanian authorities to act in accordance with their obligations under the Rome Statute, as well as the Romanian Criminal Code's provisions on war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Under domestic and international law, if a suspected war criminal is on Romanian soil, the country’s legal system must respond, the ICJP said.
The ICJP’s legal team requested that Romanian police detain the individual, seize his electronic devices for forensic examination, and initiate a full criminal investigation.
“No one who commits international crimes should be able to travel the world with impunity,” ICJP Director Tayab Ali said. “Romania now has a legal and moral duty to act. War crimes must be met with justice.”
As Israel's genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza continues, numerous initiatives are emerging worldwide to prosecute individuals suspected of committing war crimes in Gaza, wherever they may be.
The latest of such initiatives is Global 195 – a legal organization based in London working to uphold international law and defend the rights of Palestinians.
The 195 figure refers to the number of countries under the jurisdiction of international criminal law.
The organization includes lawyers from Malaysia, Turkey, Norway, Canada, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the United Kingdom among other countries.
Announcing Global 195's launch at a press conference in Westminster, London, last Tuesday, the coalition's organizers said it would work simultaneously across multiple jurisdictions to file requests for arrest warrants and initiate legal proceedings against those implicated in war crimes in Gaza.
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