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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Harry Davies

UK lawyer to oversee ICC investigation into alleged war crimes in Palestinian territories

Andrew Cayley in court
Andrew Cayley in 2020. The barrister is well known in The Hague having worked at the ICC in the 2000s. Photograph: Peter Dejong/ANP/AFP/Getty Images

A senior British lawyer has been appointed to oversee the international criminal court’s investigation into alleged war crimes in the Palestinian territories, the Guardian understands.

Andrew Cayley, a barrister and former military prosecutor, has recently joined the ICC after he was chosen by the court’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, to lead the high-profile investigation.

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