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🇫🇷|France points to Netanyahu immunity from ICC war crimes warrant (www.rfi.fr)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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France's foreign ministry on Wednesday signalled that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu enjoys immunity from arrest, despite an International Criminal Court warrant issued against him for alleged war crimes.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

Relevant article:

Article 27
Irrelevance of official capacity
1.
This Statute shall apply equally to all persons without any distinction based on official capacity. In particular, official capacity as a Head of State or Government, a member of a Government or parliament, an elected representative or a government official shall in no case exempt a person from criminal responsibility under this Statute, nor shall it, in and of itself, constitute a ground for reduction of sentence.
2.
Immunities or special procedural rules which may attach to the official capacity of a person, whether under national or international law, shall not bar the Court from exercising its jurisdiction over such a person.

[–] Timbits 7 points 7 months ago

Boo France, boo!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Bullshit

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Oh so they won't go after Putin now?