Swift pursuit of arrest warrants against war leaders in Ukraine and now Gaza is a bold show of legal rule without fear or favour
, himself, that international criminal court arrest warrants might be imminent, Khan’s decision to apply to ICC judges to issue them marks a new and significant moment for the court.
That was made explicit in the ICC’s statement announcing it was seeking arrest warrants against both Hamas and Israeli leaders, including Netanyahu, the Israeli defence minister, Yoav Gallant, and three top Hamas officials, including Yahya Sinwar and Mohammed Deif. “In doing so, we will be loosening the remaining bonds that hold us together, the stabilising connections between all communities and individuals, the safety net to which all victims look in times of suffering. This is the true risk we face in this moment.”
Reading law at King’s College London, Khan demonstrated an early interest in international justice and human rights, something he has partly credited to his background of voluntary work with the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, a persecuted sect of Islam, of which he is a member.forbidding Ahmadis from calling themselves Muslims, and curbing their religious practices. Khan said his experience with them “helped me gravitate to this area ”.
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