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Palestine to continue serving on ICC executive office

Pro-Palestinian supporters

Pro-Palestinian supporters position a giant banner calling for a recognised Palestinian State, in Parliament Square, central London on October 13, 2014.

Photo credit: File | AFP

What you need to know:

  • Palestine, a UN Observer State, has bickered with Israel over territorial boundaries.
  • The decision came at the end of the 19th Session of the Assembly of State Parties (ASP) to the Rome Statute.

Palestine will continue serving on the executive office of the International Criminal Court after member states unanimously voted to have it continue until the end of next year.

The decision came at the end of the 19th Session of the Assembly of State Parties (ASP) to the Rome Statute, the formative law that created the ICC, this week in New York and virtually.