reported on Monday that the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor had requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his defence chief and three Hamas leaders over alleged war crimes.
In respect of the application for arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallants, Karim Khan stated that both formed “a common plan to use starvation as a method of war and other acts of violence against the Gazan civilian population as a means to eliminate Hamas; secure the return of the hostages which Hamas has abducted, and collectively punish the civilian population of Gaza, whom they perceived as a threat to Israel”.
The panel is composed of the Who’s Who of public international law, international human rights law, international humanitarian law and international criminal law, namely Lord Justice Fulford, retired Lord Justice of Appeal and former Vice-President of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, former Judge at the International Criminal Court; Judge Theodor Meron, former Judge and President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and Special Adviser to the Prosecutor of...
Members of the panel also attended Evidence Review sessions at the ICC’s premises in the Hague and online. The Panel operated pro bono and independently. Its report — “Report of the Panel of Experts in International Law” — dated May 20 is availablewith fury to the news that he might face an arrest warrant for war crimes and crimes against humanity. In a bitter personal attack, Netanyahu said Karim Khan is one of the “great antisemites in modern times”.
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