The Guardian
Andrew Cayley, previously Britain’s chief military prosecutor, to run operation of the complex case
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.
Cayley is expected to take responsibility for the day-to-day running of the complex case and will work on the investigation with an American lawyer, Brenda Hollis. He will report directly to Khan, also a British barrister.
The new appointment comes as Khan has moved to accelerate the ICC’s Palestine investigation, opened in 2021, and provide it with additional resources in the wake of the 7 October Hamas attacks and Israel’s retaliatory war in Gaza.
Khan has put all parties involved in the war “on notice” and indicated that his office is “actively investigating” the current situation in Gaza. He said last month the investigation was “being taken forward as a matter of the utmost urgency”.
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