Could David Cameron be prosecuted for threatening the ICC?

Former British foreign secretary David Cameron may be liable for prosecution under international law and within the UK for his attempts to obstruct the work of the International Criminal Court (ICC), experts have said. 

Middle East Eye revealed on Monday that Cameron privately threatened Karim Khan, the British chief prosecutor at the ICC, in April 2024, to defund and withdraw from the ICC if it issued arrest warrants for Israeli leaders.

"A threat against the ICC, direct or indirect, is an obstruction of justice," Francesca Albanese, the UN's special rapporteur on Palestine, told MEE's live show on Tuesday.

"It's incredibly serious that someone in a position of power might have had the audacity to do that."

And professor Sergey Vasiliev of the Open University of the Netherlands reacted: "If the reports are confirmed, David Cameron did cross the legal line when he threatened the Prosecutor with all kinds of consequences for applying for the warrants.

"This is a serious matter that shows Cameron's utter lack of respect for the ICC's judicial and prosecutorial independence."

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