Inside Story - Abandoning 'universal jurisdiction'?

Britain's foreign minister has pledged that the UK will quickly amend a law that has allowed pro-Palestinian activists to request arrest warrants for visiting Israeli officials over alleged war crimes. Activists in Britain have sought the arrest of Israeli officials in the past under the principle of "universal jurisdiction", which allows courts to prosecute alleged war crimes from elsewhere in the world. The reassurance came after Israel suspended
suspended 'special strategic dialogue' with the UK in protest over the law. But what message is the UK sending to the rest of the world?

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