Yvette Cooper responds to ICC's arrest warrant again Netanyahu

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00:00The UK is a signatory of the International Criminal Court so I just

00:03wanted to ask if you can confirm that he would be arrested if he came to the UK?

00:10Well that's not a matter for me as Home Secretary. The

00:17International Criminal Court is of course independent and we respect its

00:21independence and the role that it has to play but in the overwhelming majority of

00:26International Criminal Court investigations they never become a

00:30matter for either the British legal and law enforcement processes or for the

00:36British government in any case where they ever do. There are proper

00:40processes that need to be followed and therefore it wouldn't be appropriate for

00:45me to comment on those. What I can say is that obviously the UK government's

00:51position remains that we believe the focus should be on getting a ceasefire

00:56in Gaza. We have seen obviously the huge troubles really right across the Middle

01:02East ever since the Hamas terrorist attack in October 7th last year and our

01:08focus needs to continue to be on getting a ceasefire in place. You say that

01:15it's not for you to answer the question about whether or not Benjamin

01:18Netanyahu would be arrested if he arrived in the UK but the UK is a

01:21signatory of the International Criminal Court. Don't we have to respect its

01:25rulings? As I said we respect the independence of the International

01:31Criminal Court. That has long been our case and we've always respected the

01:35importance of international law but as I've said in the majority of the cases

01:39that they pursue they don't become part of the British legal process or the

01:44British government processes. On those cases where they do there are important

01:49processes that need to be followed and that's why it wouldn't be appropriate

01:52for me as the Home Secretary to comment on individual cases in a speculative way.