Please follow the steps to make a complaint to BBC of its bias reporting. The last day for submission is 10 February 2024. .

https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact/complaints/make-a-complaint/#/Complaint

Step 1 - Drop down and select "TV Programme/ schedule"

Step 2- Drop down and select: "BBC News Channel"

Step 3 - Are you contacting us about a previous complaint?

Answer = "No" (unless you are chasing up)

Step 4 - Leave all the 'optional' areas blank. Where it says "Category" choose "Bias"

Step 5 - What is the subject of your complaint: (write) "BBC’s coverage of the ICJ Hearing"

Step 6 - You will then need to enter your complaint. We have provided the details for that separately in the text below.

Step 7 - You will then be asked to verify your personal contact details.

Please Copy and Paste the text below for step 6

I am writing to complain about the unfair and bias coverage of the case of South Africa v Israel at the ICJ on 11th and 12th Jan 2024. The BBC did not televise South Africa’s prosecuting case on the day, however, did provide live coverage of Israel’s defence on day 2.

This is unbalanced reporting from the BBC.

Day 1 of the case presented by South Africa was not televised live, this was the first day of a case of huge historical and political importance, one that many of your viewers were expecting to watch on your channel having paid for their TV Licence. More perplexing, was the fact that you then televised day 2 of the hearing, giving full live coverage to Israel’s defence.

The BBC decided not to show the prosecution's case on day 1, which included the undeniable evidence highlighting the genocidal acts committed by Israel.

I refer you to Section 4 of the BBC’s Editorial Guidelines, which makes clear that fundamental to the BBC’s reputation and values is that it must act with due impartiality. It must balance opposing viewpoints, where “…no significant strand of thought is under-represented or omitted, to keep the trust of its audiences."

I further refer you to Rule 5 of the Ofcom Broadcasting Code derived from sections 319(2)(c) and (d), 319(8) and section 320 of the Communications Act 2003, the BBC Charter and Agreement, and Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Rule 5: “Due impartiality on matters of political controversy must be preserved, and given “due weight”, with views and facts not being “misrepresented…” Broadcasters must not give “…undue prominence to the views and opinions of particular persons or bodies…”

Undue prominence is a significant imbalance of views aired within coverage of matters of political controversy.

The BBC is in breach of its own Editorial Guidelines, The Ofcom Broadcasting Code, and the relevant legislation.

Please explain your actions in line with the breaches as identified.

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Second Stage:

We will ask you to make a further complaint to OFCOM and will provide details for this separately once our first set of reponses are received from the BBC.