Occupied Territories: International Criminal Court
(asked on 9th March 2021) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision on 5 February that its jurisdiction extends to the Occupied Palestinian Territories, what assessment they have made of the implications of that decision for (1) the legitimacy of the ICC, and (2) the enforcement of its subsequent rulings.
Answered by
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 23rd March 2021
We respect the independence of the ICC, and we expect it to exercise due prosecutorial and judicial discipline.