FIFA president Gianni Infantino and his UEFA counterpart Aleksander Ceferin have been accused of “aiding war crimes” and “crimes against humanity in the occupied Palestinian territory” in a complaint filed at the International Criminal Court (ICC).
The formal complaint - a “120-page” document filed by advocacy groups Irish Sport for Palestine, Scottish Sport for Palestine, Just Peace Advocates, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, and Sport Scholars for Justice in Palestine - was sent to the ICC Office of the Prosecutor on February 16.
As outlined in a joint statement released to The Athletic, the submitting parties also included a group of Palestinian footballers, Palestinian clubs, landowners, and a human rights organisation in Palestine.
The allegations focus on FIFA and UEFA’s “inclusion of Israeli football clubs based in illegal settlements on occupied Palestinian territory that were built on land stolen from Palestinian people”.
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