UEFA and FIFA may get a red card at the ICC for ignoring Israeli violations

A landmark referral of UEFA and FIFA leaders to the International Criminal Court could set an important legal precedent.

Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of New Brunswick.

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On February 16, a group of Palestinian footballers, clubs and advocacy groups referred the heads of FIFA and UEFA to the International Criminal Court (ICC). The 120-page filing accuses Gianni Infantino and Aleksander Čeferin of “aiding and abetting war crimes (specifically, the transfer of civilian population into occupied territories) and crimes against humanity (specifically, apartheid)”.