The Prosecutor concluded that potential cases were inadmissible because relevant UK investigations were ongoing or had been conducted, and did not open an ICC investigation. The decision became a focal point for critics who argued the Court should scrutinize whether domestic proceedings genuinely addressed alleged crimes by British forces. The Prosecutor’s admissibility conclusion was not a finding that no crimes occurred.
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What did the 2021 Iraq/UK decision conclude?
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The Prosecutor closed the examination without investigation based on inadmissibility; this was not a finding that no crimes occurred.
The ICC Prosecutor’s Iraq/UK decision found that no crimes had occurred.
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The examination closed on admissibility grounds; it was not a finding that no crimes occurred.