On 20 Could 2024, the world of worldwide prison regulation shook with information introduced by Karim Khan KC, the Prosecutor of the Worldwide Felony Court docket (ICC), that he was making use of for arrest warrants within the State of affairs within the State of Palestine (the “State of affairs”). The Prosecutor’s announcement was supported by what he described as “a further safeguard,” in that his Workplace (the “OTP”) had been assisted by the “recommendation of a panel of consultants in worldwide regulation” (the “Panel”). The Panel contains Lord Justice Fulford, Baroness Helena Kennedy KC, Elizabeth Wilmshurst CMG KC, Danny Friedman KC, Amal Clooney, His Excellency Decide Theodor Meron CMG, Professor Marko Milanovic, and Professor Sandesh Sivakumaran. The Prosecutor additional acknowledged “the contributions of quite a few [Mr Khan KC’s] different Particular Advisers to this evaluation, notably Adama Dieng and Professor Kevin Jon Heller.”
Mr Khan KC describes the Panel as an “neutral group” which was “convened to help the proof evaluation and authorized evaluation” relating to the purposes for warrants. In response to the Prosecutor, the Panel’s “unbiased knowledgeable evaluation” had “supported and strengthened” his purposes. Others have commented on the notion arising from the Prosecutor’s collection of sure panellists (see right here). At a extra granular degree, the Prosecutor’s choice to instruct the Panel, and its ensuing report (the “Report”), beg a number of questions relating to his choice to use for warrants.
