What are the ICC countries where Netanyahu and Gallant may face ...

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More than 120 countries that are part of the International Criminal Court are obliged to enforce the arrest warrants.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant are now fugitives from justice after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants against them over suspected war crimes in Gaza.

While Israel does not recognise the authority of the ICC and Netanyahu and Gallant will not turn themselves in, the pair’s world just got a lot smaller.

The Rome Statute, the treaty that established the ICC, includes 124 state parties across six continents. Under the statute, countries that are part of the ICC are legally bound to enforce its arrest warrants, according to international human rights lawyer Jonathan Kuttab.

“The law operates on the basis of a presumption that people will obey it. That’s how all laws are created,” Kuttab told Al Jazeera.

“You expect everybody to respect the law. Those who don’t respect the law are themselves violating the law.”

He added that there were early signs that countries would not ignore the court’s decision. Many of Israel’s allies — including the European Union — have committed to enforcing the arrest warrants, Kuttab pointed out.

Netanyahu has rebuked the charges and called them anti-Semitic.

Here is the list of countries where Netanyahu and Gallant could be detained after the ICC’s decision:

[Al Jazeera]

A

Afghanistan Albania Andorra Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria

B

Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Belize Benin Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Burkina Faso

C

Cabo Verde Cambodia Canada Central African Republic Chad Chile Colombia Comoros Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Cote d’Ivoire Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic

D

Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic

E

Ecuador El Salvador Estonia

F

Fiji Finland France

G

Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guyana

H

Honduras Hungary

I

Iceland Ireland Italy

J

Japan Jordan

K

Kenya Kiribati

L

Latvia Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg

M

Madagascar Malawi Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritius Mexico Mongolia Montenegro

N

Namibia Nauru Netherlands New Zealand Niger Nigeria North Macedonia Norway

P

Palestine Panama Paraguay Peru Poland Portugal

R

Republic of Korea Republic of Moldova Romania

S

Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Suriname Sweden Switzerland

T

Tajikistan Timor-Leste Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia

U

Uganda United Kingdom United Republic of Tanzania Uruguay

V

Vanuatu Venezuela

Z

Zambia
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