FACT CHECK · GENOCIDE, ICJ/ICC/UN, GAZA DEATH TOLL
Claim: 'Reasonable grounds' is a warrant test, not a verdict
CONTEXTTHE ANSWER
Warrants need only 'reasonable grounds to believe'. On 15 Dec 2025 the Appeals Chamber ruled 3-2 the case is admissible. A challenge to jurisdiction over Israelis was still pending then. No trial.
SOURCE
ICC Appeals Chamber, 15 Dec 2025 (Just Security); UN News, 21 Nov 2024
justsecurity.org · news.un.org
justsecurity.org · news.un.org
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