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March 4, 2010       Share:    

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/gordon-brown/7362228/Gordon-Brown-to-stop-courts-issuing-arrest-warrants-for-foreign-officials.htm

Britain to Block Arrest Warrants for Foreign Officials

(Telegraph-UK) Damien McElroy and Tom Whitehead - The British government is to announce plans to stop politically-motivated groups using British courts to secure arrest warrants for visiting foreign officials. The move follows an outcry over a series of attempts to detain high-profile figures during trips to London, including Tzipi Livni, the former Israeli foreign minister. Under the proposals, the Crown Prosecution Service will take over responsibility for prosecuting war crimes and other violations of international law, ending the current system in which magistrates are obliged to consider a case for an arrest warrant presented by any individual.

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