Britain amending universal jurisdiction law
Israel Radio is reporting that the British government notified Parliament on Thursday that before the end of the year, it will seek to amend the country's universal jurisdiction law in a way that will not allow it to be used by ordinary citizens to request the arrest of high-ranking politicians like opposition leader Tzipi Livni, Defense Minister Ehud Barak, and former IDF commanders Doron Almog and Dan Halutz - all of whom have been threatened with arrest in the past. The British coalition government will work towards changing the law on universal jurisdiction for war crimes "at the first opportunity," UK Justice Secretary Ken Clarke announced Thursday.If this happens, it's good news. It's long overdue.
The UK government will table a legislative amendment which will require the Director of Public Prosecutions to approve all private prosecution for war crimes, Clarke said. Only after such approval will an arrest warrant be issued under the proposed legislation.
Such a change would possibly prevent incidents such as Palestinians in Gaza successfully applying for an arrest warrant for opposition leader Tzipi Livni because of her involvement in authorizing Operation Cast Lead.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:14 PM
4 Comments:
From what I have observed of the coalition, wait and see.
Before Cameron got into bed with Clegg, he was going to ban the burkha, now a female minister, Caroline Spelman, is saying the gov. will not ban it, as they understand how important it is to muslime culture!
I fear the obamanisation of UK gov.
Can't we send Livni over there and then they'll change the law only afterward? :(
I'll believe it when I see it. Empty promises don't impress me.
Don't hold your breath. I doubt that this law will ever be changed. Their Muslim masters would go crazy if they did.
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