The European Commission on Friday distanced itself from remarks by Executive Vice President Teresa Ribera, who described Israel’s military assault in Gaza as genocide.
“It’s not up to the Commission to judge on this question and definition, but really for the courts,” said Commission spokesperson Paula Pinho when asked if Ribera was speaking on behalf of the institution. “And there has been no College decision on this particular subject. That’s what I can say.”
“Establishing whether international crimes, including genocide, have been committed, is the competence of national courts as well as international courts and tribunals, which may have jurisdiction. And the legal qualification of such an act, an act of genocide, does require the proper establishment of facts and a finding of law,” added spokesperson Anouar El Anouni.
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