The Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession (ACIJLP), together with the Arab Coalition for the International Criminal Court, is monitoring the US-Israel-Iran war and the accompanying military operations that have affected most of the Arab Gulf states (Qatar, Kuwait, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates). These military operations have resulted in acts that may rise to the level of the crime of aggression, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, in accordance with Articles 5, 7, 8, and 8 bis (A) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. The ACIJLP considers that ratification by the Arab Gulf states of the Rome Statute establishing the International Criminal Court would grant them the right to request investigations and prosecutions in relation to the military operations to which they are subjected. This right is accorded to States Parties to the Court where the alleged crimes have occurred after 2002, in line with the Court’s temporal jurisdiction.
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Cairo, 26 March 2026
