The boundaries between Palestine and Israel are legally demarcated under international law. The icc is entitled to exercise its ratione loci jurisdiction over Palestine’s territory that comprises the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip. Palestine’s borders have arisen from the lines drawn by the armistice agreements that Israel signed with both Jordan and Egypt in 1949. Although initially marked on de facto basis, these lines have been converted into de jure frontiers. By declaring that it possesses the power to adjudicate in Palestine, the Court will apply international law, not create it. Accepting the contention that the icc has no competence in a State owing to its unfixed borders may hinder the Court’s ability to prosecute perpetrators in other icc State Parties with disputed frontiers. It will hamper the Court’s authority regarding non-icc States with similar border issues that may join the Rome Statute in the future.

国际法从法律上划定了巴勒斯坦和以色列之间的边界。在国际刑事法院有权行使其属地对巴勒斯坦领土的管辖权包括约旦河西岸，包括东耶路撒冷和加沙地带。巴勒斯坦的边界源于1949年以色列与约旦和埃及签署的停战协定所划定的界线。尽管最初是按事实标出的，但这些界线已转变为法律上的边界。通过宣布它拥有在巴勒斯坦进行审判的权力，法院将适用国际法，而不是制定国际法。接受icc的争论由于边界不固定，该国没有管辖权，这可能会妨碍法院起诉边境有争议的其他国际刑事法院缔约国中的肇事者的能力。它将妨碍法院处理具有类似边界问题的非伊斯兰国家的权力，这些国家将来可能会加入《罗马规约》。