To mend ties, Gulf countries involved in the GCC crisis will have to go through a process of reconciliation.
![The 41st Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit was held in Al Ula, Saudi Arabia on January 5, 2021 [AP/Amr Nabil]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21005280080507.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
To mend ties, Gulf countries involved in the GCC crisis will have to go through a process of reconciliation.
![The 41st Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit was held in Al Ula, Saudi Arabia on January 5, 2021 [AP/Amr Nabil]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21005280080507.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Trump’s Middle East plan violates international law but also unintentionally reveals just how afraid of it Israel is.

And what can be done about it?

The transitional agreement signed in Riyadh in 2011 guaranteed immunity for those committing crimes in Yemen.

Documentation of violations and crimes in Syria is the first step in the pursuit of justice.

On International Justice Day, we should take a moment to mourn the loss of justice in Egypt.
![An Egyptian court has recently sentenced 25 activists to 15 years in jail [EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/2014716101053856734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Two years after a bloody crackdown on protesters, Egyptians wait in vain for security forces to be brought to justice.
![There is "a dire need for judicial reform" in Egypt, writes Aboueldahab [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013111951449303734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)