The Polish capital, Warsaw, witnessed a protest against the government’s decision to allow Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to participate in the 80th-anniversary commemoration of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz.
Poland announced that it had adopted a decision ensuring the free and secure participation of Netanyahu and senior Israeli officials who choose to attend the commemorations marking the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp by the Soviet Red Army in 1945.
It is worth noting that Poland is a signatory to the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which obliges member states to cooperate with the Court and execute its arrest warrants. However, the enforcement of these obligations can vary depending on the political and diplomatic interests of individual states.
In this context, media reports have sparked debate over a potential arrest warrant that might have hindered Netanyahu’s travel to Poland. Nevertheless, the Polish government assured that his participation in the event would be secure, raising questions about Poland’s full compliance with its international commitments.
Source: Agencies.
