Sir Bernard Jenkin

Sir Bernard Jenkin

Conservative — Harwich and North Essex

Speaking in the House of Commons on 25 November 2024

Debate

Israel-Gaza Conflict: Arrest Warrants

Contribution

Can we be absolutely clear about what the Government are saying? It seems that the Government are not saying that there would be an automatic arrest should Benjamin Netanyahu arrive in this country, but they are saying that there would due process. Can the Minister confirm that “customary international law…does not permit the arrest or delivery of the serving Prime Minister of a non-State party to the ICC”? So the Minister is committing himself to due process but not to arrest. Am I correct in my understanding?

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