International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim A. A. Khan KC visited the Rafah Border Crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip the weekend of Sunday, October 29, the ICC said in a video posted October 29.Khan spoke of the suffering of civilians and the “dire humanitarian situation developing,” and said the ICC had active investigations ongoing. Khan spoke of World War II and the Holocaust, stressing that the “promises” of the institutions created to ensure that such a thing would never happen again must be “fulfilled.”“We are independently looking at the situation in Palestine, we are looking at the events in Israel, and the allegation that Palestinian nationals have also committed crimes. We need cooperation, we need assistance, but we’re going to have the determination, the stamina, and the professionalism to make sure we separate allegation from fact. That we can look at the evidence, investigate incriminating and exonerating evidence equally, and most fundamentally at this moment underline the fact that there should not be any impediment to humanitarian relief supplies going to children, to women and men, civilians. They are innocent, they have rights under international humanitarian law. These rights are customary under international law. These rights are part of the Geneva conventions, and they give rights to even criminal responsibility when these rights are curtailed under the Rome Statute,” Khan said“This must be a moment where we share our humanity. Jew, Muslim, Gentile, Christian, Atheist — find the common ground together to think of children, civilians. They are part of us, we are part of them, and we need to make sure the law is on the front lines, and the law is seen to ameliorate the suffering of so many at this moment, who are living in terror, who are frightened, and who have a right to be protected by the institutions built after the Second World War, and are equally entitled to the protection of international law and my office is determined to make sure we vindicate those rights wherever possible, and wherever we have jurisdiction.” Credit: ICC via Storyful