Al-Haq Position Paper on the Threat to Universal Jurisdiction in the Wake of the UK Arrest Warrant Against Tzipi Livni

13، Oct 2010

28 January 2010

1. As a Palestinian human rights organisation that has consistently advocated for all state and non-state actors to abide by their rights and obligations under the law of armed conflict, Al-Haq welcomes

the issuance of an arrest warrant on 13 December 2009 by the Westminster Magistrates‘ Court in the UK against former Israeli Foreign Minister and senior politician Tzipi Livni.