ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Andreas Zimmermann

Andreas Zimmermann is professor of international law at the University of Potsdam and director of the Potsdam Center of Human Rights and has inter alia been a member of the German delegation negotiating the Rome Statute.

POSTS BY Andreas Zimmermann

14 June 2024

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Without Fear or Favour

Germany, like any other State Party to the Rome Statute, would be obliged under international law, and would be capable under German law, to arrest any person against whom the ICC has issued an arrest warrant, be it President Putin or, in future, perhaps one of the Hamas leaders, Defence Minister Gallant or Prime Minister Netanyahu. The opposing view not only misrepresents the current state of international law, but it also contradicts the Nuremberg legacy, which must be upheld particularly by Germany. Continue reading >>