The New Arab Staff

Jeff Handmaker and Friederycke Haijer

Haijer

Handmaker is senior lecturer at the International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam. Haijer is a PhD law researcher at the University of Utrecht and former staff attorney for international crimes at the District Court of The Hague.

Comment: It has its critics and its cynics. But despite the limitations, the move to the ICC is full of potential for Palestinians looking for accountability and an institution looking for relevance outside Africa.

02 February, 2015