It all happened on May 11, when a team of Al Jazeera Reporters were trying to prepare for work. Suddenly, a gun shot struck and then six other sporadic shootings came alongside the first. Immediately it was confirmed that one of the journalist was dead known as Shireen Abu Akleh a Palestinian American.
This incident has created a stalemate in the entire world of journalism, because in recent times, journalists are assassinated in a bid to perform their duties.
The death of Shireen Abu Akleh, had an immediate response by many across the globe who came out in mass to protest in order for justice to be done for the Al Jazeera's journalist.
Series of investigations have started both by the Israeli government and other independent investigators. To prove that the matter is of utmost importance to the Al Jazeera Network, they first filed a report to the UN and other world powers to investigate the case and today, they've filed a case at the International Criminal Court (ICC), Hague.
In a statement issued on Thursday, the network said it had formed an international coalition that consists of its legal team along with international experts, and is preparing a dossier on the killing of Abu Akleh for submission to the ICC prosecutor.Source
This is to open up a case that's dual in nature: to investigate further on the death of the journalist and to force Israel to produce Shireen's killer for prosecution.
This according to the Al Jazeera Media Network is in line with the tenets of International Humanitarian Laws precisely Article 8 of the ICC charter, that says:
“targeting war correspondents, or journalists working in war zones or occupied territories by killing or physically assaulting them, is a war crime”.Source
Based on this, it's crystal clear that killing the Al Jazeera journalist by the Israeli military is an abberation of the ICC charter, which means that the Al Jazeera's Media Network is in the right direction to file a case in ICC, Hague.
The network further vowed to make sure that they achieve justice for Shireen and to follow up all precedents according to International laws to ensure that her killers are brought to justice.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian government have asked the ICC to investigate the death of the Al Jazeera's journalist Shireen and have also submitted a document containing previous Israeli crimes committed in the region for further investigations.
