ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan KC and Staff Reported to Regulators regarding Applications to Arrest Israeli Leaders
Karim Khan KC, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, and some of his staff face disciplinary investigations regarding applications to arrest Israeli leaders. UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) has reported them to regulators for not complying with their professional obligations. UKLFI points out that they were obliged to provide
UKLFI warns ICC Prosecutor that he is breaching professional rules
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has been warned that he is breaching the Court’s rules and the Code of Conduct of the English Bar in his applications for the arrest of Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant. UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) has written to the Prosecutor, Karim
International Criminal Court warned of “wholesale inaccuracy” of Prosecutor’s allegations against Israeli leaders
Every phrase of every sentence of a statement of the International Criminal Court’s Prosecutor summarising his allegations against Netanyahu and Gallant is untrue, according to “observations” filed with the Court by prominent NGOs. Allegations of starvation and famine The Prosecutor is asking the International Criminal Court (ICC) to order the
Additional errors in ICC jurisdiction ruling drawn to new Prosecutor’s attention
UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) has called on the new Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to re-visit the Court’s error-ridden ruling on its territorial jurisdiction in Palestine. The dissenting Opinion of Judge Kovács (ICC-01/18-143-Anx1) strongly disputed the majority decision. He found “neither the Majority’s approach nor its reasoning
ICC’s error calls into question jurisdiction in “Palestine”
UK Lawyers for Israel has published a paper pointing out some factual errors in the Decision of the majority of the court in the Prosecutor’s request for a ruling on the ICC’s territorial jurisdiction in Palestine. The paper, by Jonathan Turner, chief executive of UKLFI, deals with whether Palestine’s instrument
International Criminal Court: Prosecutor fails to address key arguments
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has filed her Response to the observations of amici curiae, including UKLFI’s submission, on the issue of jurisdiction in relation to “Palestine”. UKLFI Chief Executive Jonathan Turner has now commented on the Prosecutor’s Response in a post published in Opinio Juris. Although
UKLFI and other NGOs File Joint Submission to the International Criminal Court
UKLFI, ILF and other NGOs have filed a Joint Submission to the International Criminal Court Disputing its Jurisdiction over the Alleged Territory of a Supposed State of Palestine. A substantial submission by UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI), International Legal Forum (ILF) and other NGOs demonstrates that Israel, as the national
UKLFI makes submissions to the ICC Appeals Chamber
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court is hearing the Appeal by the Prosecutor from the Pre-Trial Chamber’s Decision not to authorise an investigation in the “Situation in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan” from 4 to 6 December 2019. The issues in this Appeal are highly relevant to whether
Top lawyers make submission to ICC, warning of the unreliability of human rights reports
Leading lawyers have made a submission to the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) regarding the challenges of relying on human reports when examining potential criminal cases. The submission was made by Dr Dov Jacobs of 9 Bedford Row, with support from UK Lawyers for