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Occupied Territories: International Criminal Court

Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UIN HL13795, tabled on 2 March 2021

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the decision by the Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court Prosecution request pursuant to article 19(3) for a ruling on the Court’s territorial jurisdiction in Palestine ICC-01/18-143 on 5 February that the "Court’s territorial jurisdiction in the Situation in Palestine extends to the territories occupied by Israel since 1967, Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem", what plans they have to reaffirm their support for the International Criminal Court and its independence.

Answered on

16 March 2021

We respect the independence of the ICC, and we expect it to exercise due prosecutorial and judicial discipline.