Australian Students Refer University to ICC

 

University of Melbourn student group Unimelb for Palestine referred the university to the International Criminal Court for its alleged complicity in the war on Gaza.

On 20 October 2023, a prospective University of Melbourne student, Mahmoud Alnaouq, was killed by Israeli air strikes in Gaza. Alnaouq won a scholarship to study at an Australian university, and the University of Melbourne was his top choice.

Over the last year, students say they have collected evidence of the university's partnerships with weapons companies that are supplying Israel, and they say their concerns of the university’s alleged complicity in Israel’s war crimes have been ignored.

“We hope that universities around the world can follow this example and hold their universities accountable.”