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Business question from Robert Marshall-Andrews (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 4 March 2010. It occurred during Business statement on Business of the House.


Business of the House

In a busy week, will my right hon. and learned Friend find time for the Prime Minister to come to the House to make a statement on the principles of universal jurisdiction and, in particular, to explain the serious and, indeed, colossal error contained in the article that he wrote in today's edition of The Daily Telegraph, where he maintains that arrest warrants for crimes against humanity and for war crimes may be obtained on the "slightest of evidence"? Nobody knows better than my right hon. and learned Friend that a district judge must find a good prima facie case for such crimes, as indeed happened in the case of Tzipi Livni. This is an important issue, so will she find time for such a statement?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
506 c1023 
Session
2009-10
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Arrest warrants War crimes Livni, Tzipi
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk