Amal Clooney Plays Key Role in ICC Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu, Sinwar

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Post At: May 20/2024 08:50PM

Amal Clooney has been named among experts who advised the International Criminal Court on seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.

The ICC's chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, confirmed to CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Monday that the court is seeking the warrants on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity surrounding the ongoing conflict in Gaza.

Sinwar is facing action over the October 7 attacks on southern Israel, while Netanyahu is sought for arrest regarding Israel's strikes on Gaza. The warrants mark the first time the ICC has targeted the leader of a U.S. ally.

In a statement released shortly after the news broke, Khan said he was "grateful for the advice" given to him by a panel of experts, which included Clooney.

Clooney "represented victims of ISIS in the only three trials in the world in which in which ISIS members have been convicted of genocide and in five other trials convicting ISIS members of war crimes and crimes against humanity," according to her special adviser profile on the ICC website.

This breaking news article will be updated shortly.

Actor George Clooney and his wife, Lebanese British lawyer Amal Clooney, attend the Los Angeles premiere of Amazon MGM Studios' "The Boys in the Boat" at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills on December... Actor George Clooney and his wife, Lebanese British lawyer Amal Clooney, attend the Los Angeles premiere of Amazon MGM Studios' "The Boys in the Boat" at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills on December 11, 2023. The ICC's chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, said he was "grateful for the advice" of experts, including Amal Clooney. FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images

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