Clause 2 - Request for arrest and surrender
International Criminal Court Bill [Lords]
11:30 am
Mr Des Browne (Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Labour)
Before we come to the role of the pre-trial chamber in relation to the prosecutor, can we revisit the election of the prosecutor? The statute clearly says, in article 42.3:
``The Prosecutor and the Deputy Prosecutors shall be persons of high moral character, be highly competent in and have extensive practical experience in the prosecution or trial of criminal cases. They shall have an excellent knowledge of and be fluent in at least one of the working languages of the Court.''
Does the hon. Gentleman want to add to that and say what other characteristics he would expect in a prosecutor, or is the job description that is part of the statute good enough for a prosecutor of the ICC?