“All states that have ratified the Statute of the International Criminal Court are obliged to implement the judgments of the Court,” said EU High Representative Josep Borrell.

The statement by the head of European diplomacy comes after the announcement that the prosecutor of the ICC is seeking the issuance of arrest warrants, both for Hamas officials and for the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu.

In his post on Platform X, Josep Borel states that “the mission of the ICC, as an independent international institution, is to prosecute the most serious crimes under international law”.

“I note the decision of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to request arrest warrants before the Pre-Trial Chamber I of the ICC against Yahya Sinuar, Mohamed Deif, Ismail Haniya, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Yoav Galand. The mandate of the ICC, as an independent international institution, is to prosecute the most serious crimes under international law. All the states that have ratified the statute of the International Criminal Court are obliged to execute the decisions of the Court”, says Joseph Borrell in detail in his statement.