Tuesday, April 29, 2025

The ICC doesn't want you to know what they're doing

ICC judges order that arrest warrant requests in Palestine case be kept secret



Exclusive: Prosecutor barred from public announcements as he prepares round of applications for Israeli suspects

The prosecutor of the international criminal court has been restrained from publicising any new applications for arrest warrants in the court’s Palestine case after judges ordered they must be kept secret, the Guardian has learned.

In an order issued behind closed doors this month, ICC judges are understood to have told the prosecutor, Karim Khan, he can no longer make public announcements referring to the existence of his applications for arrest warrants or his intention to seek them.

The new order comes as Khan is preparing a fresh round of applications for Israeli suspects in connection to alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in the occupied Palestinian territories, according to sources familiar with the situation.

Khan has already secured arrest warrants against Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister Yoav Gallant. A warrant was also obtained for the leader of Hamas’s military wing but was withdrawn after he was confirmed dead.

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