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Written Question
Israel: Palestinians
Tuesday 28th November 2023

Asked by: Dan Carden (Labour - Liverpool, Walton)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what diplomatic steps he is taking to help ensure collaboration of relevant parties with the (a) the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel and (b) Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on the investigation opened in March 2021.

Answered by David Rutley - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

The UK is a strong supporter of international justice and respects the independence of the International Criminal Court. However, the UK has been clear that we oppose the open-ended nature of the Commission of Inquiry on the situation in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza and its vaguely defined mandate. We have also been clear that the UK supports justified and proportionate scrutiny of the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories at the Human Rights Council. The British Government has consistently called for all parties to meet their responsibilities under International Humanitarian Law.


Written Question
International Criminal Court: Jerusalem and Occupied Territories
Tuesday 20th April 2021

Asked by: Jack Lopresti (Conservative - Filton and Bradley Stoke)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what assessment he has made of the International Criminal Court’s determination that it has jurisdiction over East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza; and what assessment he has made of the potential legal implications of that determination for UK armed forces.

Answered by James Cleverly - Home Secretary

As the Prime Minister said in his letter to the Conservative Friends of Israel, the UK is a strong supporter of the ICC and we respect the independence of the Court. In this instance we do not consider that the ICC has jurisdiction. We continue to closely follow the ICC's work and are looking at the implications of this decision.


Written Question
Occupied Territories: International Criminal Court
Tuesday 16th March 2021

Asked by: Lord Campbell of Pittenweem (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

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 by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

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