DPP may get veto power over arrest warrants for war crime suspects - guardian

The government is proposing to give the director of public prosecutions the power to veto arrest warrants for suspected war criminals in the UK, it was announced today. - The move is an attempt to make it harder for arrests under the law of "universal jurisdiction" and comes after a series of high-profile cases in which Israeli politicians faced arrest in the UK. -- DPP may get veto power over arrest warrants for war crime suspects