Regarding the situation in the Gaza Strip, and considering the potential perpetration of grave human rights violations, FIDH has immediately after Operation Cast Lead called the UN Security Council to refer the situation to the ICC prosecutor and has since been supporting the preliminary examination conducted by the ICC Prosecutor, after the Palestinian Authority accepted, on January 22nd, 2009, to refer the situation to the Office of the Prosecutor, on the basis of article 12 of the Rome Statute. Accountability in international law:
La actividad contó con la presencia de representantes de la Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, la Delegación de la Unión Europea y la Oficina del Alto Comisionada de Derechos Humanos de la ONU, en calidad de observadores internacionales.