Trump's Board of Peace plans to grant itself sweeping immunity, documents show
Source: The Guardian
Sat 27 Jun 2026 07.00 EDT
Last modified on Sat 27 Jun 2026 08.02 EDT
The UN-sanctioned Board of Peace announced by Donald Trump earlier this year to rule Gaza is planning a sweeping grant of legal immunity for itself, according to a draft of the resolution obtained by the Guardian. The draft language would also let the organization obtain public property in Gaza free of charge.
The four-page resolution, labeled sensitive but unclassified, extends broad protections to every member of the Board of Peace and its administrative affiliate, the office of the high representative (OHR), as well as to the Palestinian technocrats, international military forces and nonresident contractors lined up to perform work in Gaza. It defines legal processes from which they would have immunity as any arrest, detention or legal proceedings in the courts or other entities in Gaza.
It is unclear if the document is attempting to relieve the Board of Peace and its affiliates from prosecution in international courts, in addition to potential claims in Gaza. The Board of Peaces chair, Donald Trump, would have the right to waive someones legal immunity, pending majority support from his peace board, the June 2026 draft resolution states.
The seven-member executive board that leads the Board of Peace includes Trumps son-in-law Jared Kushner; special envoy Steve Witkoff; the presidents chief of staff, Susie Wiles; and his national security adviser, Marco Rubio. Though countries have pledged billions, most have not yet transferred funds to support its work in Gaza and no major contracts have been issued. The White House referred questions to the Board of Peace.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/jun/27/board-of-peace-legal-immunity-un
sop
(19,893 posts)erronis
(24,970 posts)sop
(19,893 posts)Criminals hate being held accountable.
Beartracks
(14,749 posts)jls4561
(3,332 posts)erronis
(24,970 posts)"Crime about to happen!"
Fiendish Thingy
(24,478 posts)A commission cannot grant itself legal immunity, period.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(138,878 posts)AZJonnie
(4,213 posts)completely free-of-charge, without fear of legal repercussions, and do so by executive fiat, declaring "this is how it is now?".
And the UN is "sanctioning" that outfit (and not in the negative sense of the word)?
What kind of fucking bullshit is this?
AloeVera
(4,656 posts)It's hard to understand they would not have seen through the fairy tale of the "Board of Peace".
The UN gave up its power and now can do diddly-squat about this theft from the poor on a grand-scale.
Bayard
(30,678 posts)Israel has already stolen half of Gaza in the West Bank. Now trump's merry band of pirates are going to go for the rest. Public property? They're not going to differentiate. Private property is a thing of the past.
As for, No Prosecution--not likely.
(We need an emoji for complete disgust.)
Solly Mack
(97,444 posts)groundloop
(14,002 posts)for whatever mischief may happen to occur against my magat neighbors property, tRump signs, tRump flags, etc.
jgmiller
(714 posts)It didn't really help them once they no longer had any power. There's always someone bigger who laughs at people granting themselves immunity.
Hey Joe
(897 posts)BORED of Peace
tanyev
(49,950 posts)SamuelAdams
(356 posts)The UN should be ashamed of itself for going along with this.
ChicagoTeamster
(1,477 posts)giving overvalued contracts to connected developers and most of the money will probably be embezzled, construction will either be shoddy or never finished, and the entire international law enforcement apparatus will probably be triggered by the expansive level of crime being planned.
Why else would everyone need immunity in advance?