On May 12, 2020 UNJPPI wrote a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau and the Hon Champagne. Minister for Foreign Affairs about the ICC Prosecutor Position Respecting the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

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…On February 28, a joint open letter was issued by Michael Lynk, the United Nations Special Rapporteur for the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, and Alex Neve, the Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada. Both the Special Rapporteur and Amnesty International have for many years documented the human rights violations in the occupied Palestinian territory. They welcomed the announcement by the Prosecutor…

To our dismay, the day after this joint open letter there was an article in the Jerusalem Post reporting that Canada had asked the ICC not to hold hearings regarding Israeli War Crimes lawsuits. Canada’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs was given as the source for this information. We did not see this news reported in any Canadian media. Please confirm whether this report is accurate. If it is accurate, we are interested in knowing what other remedy you understand Palestinians living under the Israeli military occupation to have for any war crimes committed against them. If it is accurate, we urge Canada to reconsider that position now that our government officials will have seen the ICC Prosecutor’s submissions to the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber.