Monday’s application mark the first time the ICC prosecutor has targeted the leader of a close ally of the US
Monday’s application marks the first time the ICC prosecutor has targeted the leader of a close ally of the USleaders are granted by its judges, then the court’s reputation among critics as the postcolonial creature of what used to be known as the “Great Powers” will be gone forever.
Karim Khan was appointed prosecutor in 2021 with a pledge to match the evolution of the court to a rapidly emerging multipolar world. The warrant against Putin was the first against a the leader of a permanent member of the UN Security Council.Monday’s application for warrants against Netanyahu and his outspoken defence minister, Yoav Gallant, mark the first time the ICC prosecutor has targeted the leader of a close ally of the United States.
The putative charges listed by Khan against all three include “extermination, murder, taking of hostages, rape and sexual assault in detention”.Asked why he had gone ahead with an application for warrants which Israel had warned would be “an outrage of historic proportions”, Khan replied: “Nobody is above the law.”
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