ICC chief prosecutor defends Netanyahu arrest warrant

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ICC chief prosecutor defends Netanyahu arrest warrant

The chief prosecutor of the International ********* Court has told the BBC that justice must be seen to be done after seeking an arrest warrant for *******’s prime minister and defence minister.

Karim Khan said it was important to show that the court would hold all nations to the same standard in relation to alleged war *******. He also welcomed the new *** government’s decision to

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“There’s a difference of tone and I think of substance in relation to international law by the new government. And I think that’s welcome,” Mr Khan told the BBC’s Nick Robinson.

He has also requested warrants for three ****** leaders, two of whom have since been *******.

In a wide-ranging interview, he explained the ICC needed to request warrants for leaders on both sides to ensure people around the world thought the court was applying “the law equally based upon some common standards”.

“If one had applied for warrants in relation to ******** officials and not for Gaza, [some would] say: ‘well, this is an obscenity’ and, ‘how on earth is that possible?’” Mr Khan said.

“You can’t have one approach for countries where there’s support, whether it’s Nato support, ********* support [and] powerful countries behind you, and a different approach where you have clear jurisdiction,” he added.

In May, Mr Khan said there were reasonable grounds to believe that

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for war ******* and ******* against humanity from the day of ******’s ******* on ******* on 7 October onwards.

However the request for the warrants must yet be approved by ICC judges.

Mr Khan said *******’s prime minister and defence minister were suspected of ******* including starvation of civilians as a method of warfare, *******, intentionally directing attacks against a civilian population, and extermination.

He accused the ****** leaders of having committed ******* including extermination, *******, ******** taking, ***** and ******* *********, and ********.

******* and ****** have both rejected the allegations. US President Joe Biden said the application for arrest warrants against ******** leaders was “outrageous”.

But Mr Khan told the BBC that unlike his critics, he had seen the evidence the warrant requests were based on.

“I have one advantage at least. Hopefully even they will concede I’ve seen the evidence. They haven’t,” he said.

“The application is not public. It is confidential. It is filed to the chamber. So they are guessing what evidence has been submitted.”

The previous *** ************* government had indicated it planned to make a submission to the court, having questioned the right of the prosecutor to apply for a warrant against the ******** leaders.

But in July, a spokesperson for the Labour administration which succeeded it said the issue was a “matter for the court” and therefore would not be making a submission.

Mr Khan told the BBC he had been pressured by some world leaders not to issue warrants.

“Several leaders and others told me and advised me and cautioned me,” he said.

Turning to the war in Ukraine, Mr Khan said he believed Russian President Vladimir ****** would “see the inside of a courtroom”, pointing to historic cases of other world leaders being brought before the court.

“Nothing is permanent. Life is transitory. And every political life ends in ********,” he said.”

Mr ****** was

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an ICC signatory, despite the valid arrest warrant for alleged war ******* committed during Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

The Russian leader is wanted for the alleged ******** deportation of Ukrainian children since the start of the war in 2022.

Moscow has previously denied the allegations and said the warrants were “outrageous”.

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