accountable now we have made it a fair deal for them to national criminal court we want the help of the members of the international court of criminal court to open to help us open an official investigation and this war crimes against the israeli prime minister and defense minister and others or officials we have a guest now in the human rights council calling for an investigation committee we won the support of the international community to send and compel israel to accept this investigation committee to begin its work that's that's what we need but then a view of feels that they can continue building settlements massacring palestinians and then it's business as usual and their occupation and their demolition of homes and collective punishment and then and then business as usual if i say there are people who tell me this is not realistic how can we be part of making peace while we treat as well as us israel has a government that is one partner we don't have a partner in israel for peace anymore this israeli government is there to destroy that was their solution and to destroy hope for peace mr arafat you made it clear

government accountable now we have made it a fair deal for the international criminal court we want the help of the members of the international court criminal court to open to help us open an official investigation and this war crimes against the israeli prime minister and defense minister and others or officials we have a guest now in the human rights council calling for an investigation committee we won the support of the international community to send and compel israel to accept this investigation committee to begin its work that's that's what we need but then you know if you feels that they can continue building settlements massacring palestinians and then it's business as usual and their occupation and their the militia of arms and collective punishment and then and then business as usual if i say there are people who tell me this is not realistic how can we be part of making peace while we treat as i like this israel has a government that in one partner we don't have a partner in israel for peace anymore this israeli government is there to destroy that was their solution and to destroy hope for peace mr arafat you made it cl

accountable now we have made it a fair deal for them to national criminal court we want the help of the members of the international court criminal court to open to help us open an official investigation and this war crimes against the israeli prime minister and defense minister and others or officials we have a case now in the human rights council calling for an investigation committee we won the support of the international community to send and compel israel to accept this investigation committee to begin its work that's that's what we need but then of you feels that they can continue building settlements massacring palestinians and then it's business as usual and their occupation and their demolition of homes and collective punishment and then and then business as usual if i say there are people who tell me this is not realistic how can we be part of making peace while we treat as well i guess israel has a government that is one partner we don't have a partner in israel for peace anymore this israeli government is there to destroy the two state solution and to destroy hope for peace mr arafat you made it clear in a n

of jurists, one is a canadian, another one is a costa rican. to be referred to the national -- international criminal court, well, the international criminal court lays responsibility on individuals for the commission of crimes against humanity not on states. so you can't get any more personalized in terms of sanctions. and countries will have to -- the latin american countries, members of the oas or observers of the oas, a number of european countries will be potentially good candidates to join this effort and refer the report to the international court. and that will be perhaps a good opportunity to good, you know, collective action strategy among the countries. so-- thank you. >> it's very clear and the venezuelan crisis is not your typical, if we can say that, latin american crisis, this is different, this is historic in a negative and different way and requires in some ways a historic and strong response from the international community in my view. i am delighted on behalf of the council of the americas with the depth and timeliness and the sophistication of this conference. it's been fabulous. i would love to extend it, we simply don't hav

of jurists. to be referred from the criminal court and the international criminal court has responsibility on individuals [inaudible] state. you cannot get any more personalized in terms of sanctions. members of the oes are european countries will be good candidates to join this effort every for the report. that would be a good opportunity for collective action strategy among the countries. thank you. >> the venezuelan crisis is not your typical latin american crisis. it requires a historic and strong response from the international community in my view. i am delighted on behalf of the council of america's with the depth and timeliness, and sophistication of this conversation. it's been fabulous. i hope you will all come back to the council. my only regret is it takes a humanitarian tragedy to bring such wonderful speakers and analysts to the table. on behalf of the council, please accept our thanks and congratulations. please join me in thanking the panel. [applause] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] [inaudible co

of jurists, one is a canadian, another one is a costa rican. to be referred to the national criminal court, well, the international criminal court lays responsibilityn individuals for the commission of crimes against humanity not on states. so you can't get any more personalized in terms of sanctions. and countries will have to -- the latin american countries, members of the oas or observers of the oas. a number of european countries will be potentially good candidates to join this effort and refer the report to the international court. and that will be perhaps a good opportunity to good, you know, collective action strategy among the countries. so-- >> thank you. it's very clear and the venezuelan crisis is not your typical, if we can say that, latin american crisis, this is different, this is historic in a negative way and requires in some ways a historic and strong response from the international community in my view. i am delighted on behalf of the council of the americas with the depth and timeliness and the sophistication of this conference. it's been fabulous. i would love to extend it, we simply don't have the time. i hope all of you at som

international criminal court. i spoke with him earlier today. >> we will submit the report directly to the international criminal court. that is one of recommendations of the panel of experts. we will also work with member order to convince them to refer this report to the icc. these planning to work on until september. we expect to have support for this case. hardy case, we are working and we already received some interest from member states. we are moving fast. shery: will you prefer this report to the icc by september? >> no. we will send it today directly. shery: what do you expect to happen once the icc opened an investigation into mr. maduro and his regime? >> we expect justice. movementot a political or political approach. we are looking out for the victims. this was denied by the venezuelan regime. rape,ictims of torture, political imprisonment during these years. the relatives of the victims who have been killed during these years. during demonstrations. executions. specter ofide different aspects of this report. we want to deliver justice to the victims. that is our approach. it is hard to report. hard to read. try to make

of committing crimes against the humanity and could set the stage for an investigation by the international criminal court. bloomberg spoke exclusively to the secretary-general earlier today. we will submit the report to the international criminal courtommendations of the panel of experts. the second thing we are doing is working with member states in them to refernce this report to the icc. to work on this from now until september. we expect to have supporters for this case. in any case, we are working hard some interestved from member states come in so we are moving fast about this matter. >> you are saying you will refer this port the icc why september? >> know, we will send it today directly. >> what to do expect to happen once the icc opens an investigation into mr. maduro and his regime? >> we expect to justice. is not a political movement or political approach. we are looking for justice for the victims. this justice was denied by the venezuelan regime during those years, victims of torture, rape, political imprisonment. of the victims have been killed during these years. have a wide spectrum of different aspects of this report where we want this to deliver justice to the victims. that is our approach. it is a hard report that

of return protests. israeli is seeking to block the international criminal court from carrying out the war crimes inquiry. israel is not a member of the court. to see our full coverage of the palestinians march of return demonstrations and the israeli military's brutal crackdown, go to democracynow.org. voters in georgia, texas, arkansas, and kentucky headed to the polls tuesday to determine a number of key primaries and it was another big night for female democratic canandidates. in georgia, stacey abrams made history by becoming the first african-american woman to win a major party's nomination for governor in u.s. history. if abrams wins in november she will become the first african-american governor in the deep south since reconstruction. this is stacey abrams speaking at a victory rally in atlanta. >> we must remember we are in -- atate where the red state where martin marched on ballot boxes. a georgia that gave us the godfather of soul, the queen of the met, and sent a peanut farmer to the oval office. that is our georgia. amy: meanwhile, in houston, texas, lupe valdez made history by becoming the first openly gay and first latina ca

of them. they are able to take this to international courts. the efforts by the international -- by the palestinian leaders to up dish leadership international criminal courtecause ofn suspended the believe in the peace process, because under president obama they were asked to stop taking measures to the criminal court because they were promised a peaceful outcome. there is clearly know believe anymore and ththe possibility oa peace process, certainly not the absence of that, palestinians have to push forward on international measures with the international community and break away from amamerica's hold on thisis ideaf initiation's come of mediating between the parties. amy: as we wrap up the show, the final figures -- we have been talking about 61 people killed in one day come the deadliest day of the palestinian protests, is really military killing them, gassing them yesterday in g gaz. at the total figuree since march 30, the six weeks of protests? >> over the past six weeks, we had around 109 people who have been killed. the vast majority of them were unarmed civilians. and more than 12,000 injured. theerday was wororse than combined six weeks leading

international criminal court, the icc, for a probe into alleged israeli crimes against palestinians. israel is urging the court to reject what it calls a cynical step. the israeli foreign minister accuses the palestinians ofcitement and exploiting civilians as human shields. congo's health ministry says it has six new confirmed ebola cases and two new suspected cases. vaccinations entered a second day in an effort to contain the deadly virus there. in a city of more than 1 million people. it says there are now 28 confirmed ebola cases, 21 probable cases, and two new suspected cases. just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. we will be right back. juggling all the things we do is a challenge. but hey, it's a fun challenge. and our tempur-pedic helps us make it all work. it gives us the best nights sleep ever. i recommend my tempur-pedic to everybody. the most highly recommended bed in america. now ranked highest in customer satisfaction with mattresses by jd power and number one in comfort, support and value. there's no better time to experience the superior sleep of tempur-pedic. save up to $700 on select adjustable mattress sets during our memorial day sale. visit tempurpedic.com to find