nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/3c8e72e87d82d677 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 241206s2024||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/3c8e72e87d82d677 doi eng 342 23 Jorgensen, Malcolm Author aut A “Democratic Exception” to ICC Jurisdiction - The Law and Politics of Double Standards Jorgensen, Malcolm Verfassungsblog 2024-12-06 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 21 November 2024, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for the Israeli Prime Minister and the former Minister of Defence, for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes in the ongoing Israel-Gaza War. Equally contentious was the response of leading Western states – including Germany and France – who have questioned or openly rejected treaty obligations to enforce the warrants. This is a conspicuously fraught position for countries who previously welcomed 2023 ICC arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin in legally identical circumstances. CC BY-SA 4.0 ICC Internationaler Strafgerichtshof | Den Haag Israel Rome Statute arrest warrants complementarity democratic exception immunities (DE-588)3042935-3 gnd Internationaler Strafgerichtshof | Den Haag (DE-588)4027808-6 gnd Israel Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/exception-to-icc-jurisdiction/ raw object