Comoros–Palestine relations

[5] In May 2013, Fatou Bensouda, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, opened a preliminary examination into the incident after the Government of Comoros, under whose flag the Mavi Marmara was sailing, filed a complaint.

[6] In November 2014, Bensouda decided not to pursue the case, declaring that the possible crimes were not grave enough to fall within the scope of the court.

[7] The government of the Comoros appealed the decision, and in June 2015, three judges of a Pre-Trial Chamber of the ICC ruled that the prosecutor made material errors in her assessment of the incident's gravity and requested that the investigation be reopened in a 2–1 majority.

Bensouda appealed the decision in July 2015, citing the opinion of the dissenting judge and errors made by the majority, claiming that the Pre-Trial Chamber had exceeded its mandate by applying a strict and mistaken standard to review the decision, and that the interpretation of the legal standard required of her was faulty.

[10] In November 2023, the Comoros joined the South African case at the International Criminal Court to investigate the situation in Gaza during the Israel–Hamas war.