‘We believe in international law, or we don’t’: South African envoy counters claims of moral equivalence in ICC warrant applications

Feds have reiterated there is 'no equivalence' between Israel and Hamas after the ICC prosecutor sought arrest warrants against leaders of both for breaching international law.

South African High Commissioner to Canada Rieaz Shaik says everyone should be held equally to account for breaches of international law.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

May 29, 2024

As the Canadian government rejects any equivalence between Israeli and Hamas leaders after the International Criminal Court prosecutor applied for arrest warrants, South Africa’s top diplomat in Canada says the equivalence is in the breach of international law, not who is ...

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