Genocide charges at the Hague, yet stalled investigations and prosecutions at home
By Paul Hendler and Martin Jansen.

South African authorities could have investigated and prosecuted South African volunteers to the IDF, as well as enablers of their recruitment, for their participating in the current and past genocidal moments, and other violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) and international human rights law (IHRL) (domesticated in local legislation) through attacks on Gaza.

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22 December 2025

We, the undersigned organisations, express our unwavering solidarity with pro-Palestine political prisoners on hunger strike in British jails.
We call on people of conscience in South Africa and across the world to demand that they are granted immediate bail and that their fundamental right to fair, transparent and timely trials are upheld. Some of the hunger strikers have now passed the 50-day mark without food and may die if urgent action is not taken.

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