The Dutch Supreme Court has upheld a ruling that a Palestinian man cannot sue Israel’s former defense minister and another former senior military officer over their roles in a deadly Gaza 2014 airstrike.
This is kind of interesting but not surprising, jurisdictionally. Putting the politics of Israel/Palestine aside for a minute, you can see how it could open a can of worms to allow a foreign government (Israel) to be sued abroad (Netherlands). Presumably if you wanted to do that, you’d need to sue in the government’s jurisdiction (israel).
Even if you won a case like this abroad (Netherlands), they would have no mechanism for enforcement, as they can’t force a foreign state (Israel) to abide by their laws.
Exactly why it’s so harmful that the USA denied the International Court of law, even making plans to forcefully extract American citizens of ever indicted.
This sincerely hamstrings the jurisdiction of said court. It’s ironic as some American thinkers and philanthropes where essential for its conception
This is kind of interesting but not surprising, jurisdictionally. Putting the politics of Israel/Palestine aside for a minute, you can see how it could open a can of worms to allow a foreign government (Israel) to be sued abroad (Netherlands). Presumably if you wanted to do that, you’d need to sue in the government’s jurisdiction (israel).
Even if you won a case like this abroad (Netherlands), they would have no mechanism for enforcement, as they can’t force a foreign state (Israel) to abide by their laws.
Which is why we need a world court with teeth.
Exactly why it’s so harmful that the USA denied the International Court of law, even making plans to forcefully extract American citizens of ever indicted.
This sincerely hamstrings the jurisdiction of said court. It’s ironic as some American thinkers and philanthropes where essential for its conception