The Gaza Tribunal (international)

An international people's tribunal that sat in Sarajevo and Istanbul and whose Jury of Conscience delivered a moral judgment that Israel committed genocide in Gaza.

Convened by

An international people's tribunal, established in London in November 2024 in the tradition of the Russell Tribunal, with Richard Falk (former UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories) as President.

Panel

A Steering Committee, three specialised Chambers (International Law; International Relations and World Order; History, Ethics and Philosophy), an Advisory Policy Council, and an invited Jury of Conscience that delivered the final moral judgment.

Question

Israel's conduct in Gaza, the complicity of other states and actors, and how civil society can close what the tribunal calls the enforcement gap left by the ICJ and ICC.

Legal status

A civil-society people's tribunal. By its own statement, not a court of law and not a determination of anyone's guilt or liability.

Website

gazatribunal.com

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• #genocide
• #israel-palestine
• #london
• #sarajevo
• #istanbul

What it found

As stated by the tribunal itself. These are its findings, not a court's, and not ours.

• The Jury of Conscience described its statement as a moral judgment on the commission by Israel of genocide in the Gaza Strip, and on the complicity of other actors.
• The Steering Committee's concluding statement, issued in Istanbul on 26 October 2025, said the genocide continues.

The nuance

The tribunal says plainly that it is "not a court of law": it does not purport to determine the guilt or liability of any person, organisation or state. Its judgment is moral, not legal.

It presents itself as an answer to an enforcement gap: in its account, ICJ and ICC decisions depend on the political will of the UN Security Council to be enforced.

Not the same body as the UK-focused Gaza Tribunal run by the Peace & Justice Project, which examined Britain's role.

Timeline

1. NOV 2024Established in London.
   Sources: The Gaza Tribunal Concludes: "The Genocide Continues"
2. MAY 2025Public hearings in Sarajevo; adoption of the Sarajevo Declaration.
   Sources: The Gaza Tribunal Concludes: "The Genocide Continues"
3. OCT 2025Final session in Istanbul; the Jury of Conscience delivers its Statement of Findings and Moral Judgment.
   Sources: Final Statement of the Gaza Tribunal Jury of Conscience

Related tribunals

• The Gaza Tribunal: Inquiry into British Complicity — A two-day UK tribunal at Church House, Westminster, held after a bill for an official inquiry stalled. It concluded that the British government failed its obligation to prevent genocide.
• The Belmarsh Tribunal — A travelling people's tribunal named after the London prison where Julian Assange was held, convened while he fought extradition to the United States.

Primary sources

• Final Statement of the Gaza Tribunal Jury of Conscience — Statement of Findings and Moral Judgment delivered in Istanbul on 26 October 2025. States that the tribunal is not a court of law.
• The Gaza Tribunal Concludes: "The Genocide Continues" — Steering Committee conclusion recording the tribunal's founding in London (November 2024), Sarajevo hearings (May 2025) and Istanbul final session.
• Gaza Tribunal — Steering Committee — Members of the steering committee, with Richard Falk as President of the Gaza Tribunal Project.

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