British FM: Gov't will change universal jurisdiction law

jpost.com ^ | 5/27/10 | JONNY PAUL

[Nachum]

Hague promises to act speedily on matter, says Conservative party finds it "completely unacceptable that someone such as Livni feels she cannot visit the UK."

LONDON - British Foreign Minister William Hague said on Thursday that it is absolutely his intention to act speedily to change the universal jurisdiction law and that this is agreed and understood in the coalition government.

Speaking at a briefing at the Foreign Office on Thursday, Hague was asked by The Jerusalem Post if he has a timetable for a change to the law, which allows private complaints of war crimes to be lodged against military personnel even if they are not British citizens and the alleged crimes were committed elsewhere.

[GeronL]

He might want to kick out Interpol too before they drag some freedom fighter to Iran for trial.

[colorado tanker]

Good. The whole concept of “universal jurisdiction” is wrong. It just gives left wing judges with a political ax to grind authority to arrest political opponents anywhere in the world.

[kitkat]

BUMP

[SJackson]

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Makes sense.

[rmlew]

Anyone else thinking of Simon of Trent and and William of Norwich? Britain, home of the Blood Libel and the expulsion of 1290 has reinvented it with antiZionism.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Nachum.

promises to act speedily on matter, says Conservative party finds it "completely unacceptable that someone such as Livni feels she cannot visit the UK." ...British Foreign Minister William Hague said on Thursday that it is absolutely his intention to act speedily to change the universal jurisdiction law and that this is agreed and understood in the coalition government... the law, which allows private complaints of war crimes to be lodged against military personnel even if they are not British citizens and the alleged crimes were committed elsewhere.