return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoIsrael fears ICC will issue arrest warrants for Netanyahu and other top officialswww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square53linkfedilinkarrow-up1262arrow-down19cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1253arrow-down1external-linkIsrael fears ICC will issue arrest warrants for Netanyahu and other top officialswww.nbcnews.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square53linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareholycrap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up17·1 year agoThat’s not how it works. If a warrant is issued then any country that is a signatory is obligated to arrest him if he sets foot in their territory.
minus-squarePhanatik@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down2·1 year agoAh gotcha so he just never leaves Israel or no one ever acts on the arrest warrant.
minus-squareNOT_RICK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 year agoThe ICC issuing an arrest warrant would also erode the legitimacy of the administration internationally. A head of state that can’t visit other heads of states tends to become a lame duck, especially when they’re not an autocrat.
That’s not how it works. If a warrant is issued then any country that is a signatory is obligated to arrest him if he sets foot in their territory.
Ah gotcha so he just never leaves Israel or no one ever acts on the arrest warrant.
The ICC issuing an arrest warrant would also erode the legitimacy of the administration internationally. A head of state that can’t visit other heads of states tends to become a lame duck, especially when they’re not an autocrat.