Dutton is demanding Australia resist ICC arrest warrants for Israeli leaders – and a Howard-era law could help him
by Daniel Hurst from World news | The Guardian on (#6N7G0)
Legal experts say a carve-out' clause in the law relating to extraditions could let the attorney general decline to enforce arrest warrants issued under international law
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In 2002, a little-known backbencher by the name of Peter Dutton rose in parliament to ask the then prime minister, John Howard, about a new mechanism for prosecuting war crimes.
The newly elected member for Dickson's dixer to Howard was straightforward: What is the basis of the government's decision to ratify the statute of the International Criminal Court?"
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