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OIC: Declaring Famine in Gaza a War Crime, Calling for Urgent International Action

Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)

23-08-2025

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has articulated its profound concern regarding the findings of the UN-supported Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report, which indicates a deteriorating famine crisis in the Gaza Strip.

The OIC assigns full responsibility for this humanitarian disaster to Israel, the occupying power, highlighting that the situation arises directly from its acts that constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity, including enforced starvation, a comprehensive blockade, systematic infrastructure destruction, and the systematic obstruction of humanitarian aid access.

The OIC emphasizes that the declaration of famine serves as a critical alert regarding a multidimensional humanitarian, political, and legal crisis that necessitates immediate and exceptional international intervention. The OIC has called for the implementation of all available international emergency protocols to facilitate the rapid, secure, and unimpeded delivery of humanitarian and food assistance to civilians adversely affected in the Gaza Strip.

Moreover, the OIC insists on the necessity of referring the situation concerning the blockade-induced crimes and orchestrated starvation perpetrated by the Israeli occupation, along with the resultant famine in Gaza, to the International Criminal Court.

It urges the global community to embrace its legal, political, and moral obligations by taking robust actions, which include imposing sanctions on Israel, halting the supply or transfer of military equipment to it, and bolstering international justice mechanisms to ensure accountability for its violations while adhering to international humanitarian law.

Furthermore, the OIC has reiterated its call for the international community to pressure Israel to immediately cease all forms of aggression and its blockade of the Gaza Strip. This includes opening all border crossings, ensuring a continuous and sufficient flow of humanitarian aid, and enabling the operations of United Nations agencies such as UNRWA alongside other international organisations, unhindered, to meet the immediate humanitarian needs of the Gaza Strip.