ICC Prosecutor Finally Refuses to Open Investigation in the Mavi Marmara Incident

On December 2, 2019, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) once again declined – now for a third time – to open an investigation into Israel’s violent attack on the MV Mavi Marmara.[1] The Prosecutor described this decision, which was filed with Pre-Trial Chamber I on November 29, 2017, as “final” and revised and refiled in accordance with the Pre-Trial Chamber’s request of November 15, 2018 and the Appeals Chamber’s judgment of September 2, 2019.[2]