Justice Committee 15 January 2025

On 15 January, the House of Commons Justice Committee questioned the Attorney General (Lord Hermer KC) and the Solicitor General (Lucy Rigby MP). The session will be of particular interest to anyone seriously interested in the rule of law and in the roles of the Law Officers.

Parliamentlive.tv - Justice Committee

The following links relate to questions or answers at the committee's session 

Law Officers Convention - Attorney General delivers speech on the Rule of Law - GOV.UK - (published by the previous government but remains relevant)

Ministerial Code - GOV.UK (updated November 2024)

Legal Risk Guidance - Guidance: Attorney General's Guidance on Legal Risk - GOV.UK (November 2024)

Attorney General's 2024 Bingham Lecture on the rule of law - GOV.UK - 14 October 2024

International Criminal Courts Act 2001 - a question was asked about International Criminal Court warrants for arrest relating to Benjamin Netanyahu (PM of Israel). Lord Hermer referred to the 2001 Act.

Ukraine - the possibility of a special tribunal relating to Ukraine was raised but there was no in depth discussion

 At Its 12th Meeting, The Core Group Adopted a Statement Reaffirming the Inevitability of Punishment for Those Responsible for Aggression Against Ukraine — Official website of the President of Ukraine

Conflict in Ukraine: A Special Tribunal on the Crime of Aggression - House of Commons Library

FAQs on A Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine – Estonia in UN

Additional material dated 17 January

Would Bibi face arrest? - by Joshua Rozenberg and 

State-or-Diplomatic-Immunity-and-the-Limits-of-International-Criminal-Law.pdf (Policy Exchange 17 January 2025)