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Eli Nathan | |
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| עלי נתן | |
| Judge of the Jerusalem District Court | |
| In office 1974 – January 1986 | |
| Deputy State Attorney of Israel | |
| Assumed office 1965 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1920 Berlin, Germany |
| Died | 29 October 2012 (aged 91–92) |
| Education | University of London (LL.B.) |
Eli Nathan (Template:Lang-he; 1920 – 29 October 2012) was an Israeli jurist who served as a judge on the Jerusalem District Court, Deputy State Attorney of Israel, and head of the Israeli delegation to the 1998 Rome Conference that adopted the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.[1][2]
Early life and education
[edit]Nathan was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1920. He immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1935. He completed his LL.B. at the University of London in 1949 and was admitted to the Israeli Bar in 1953.[1]
Legal and judicial career
[edit]Nathan practiced private law in Tel Aviv from 1949 to 1954. In 1954, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Chief Assistant to the Legal Advisor. In 1965, he was appointed Deputy State Attorney of Israel.[1]
Nathan was appointed a judge on the Jerusalem District Court in 1974 and served on the bench until his retirement in January 1986.[1]
Extradition law committee
[edit]In 1976, Nathan chaired a Ministry of Justice advisory committee established to examine Israel's extradition laws and consider proposed reforms. The committee was referred to in Knesset proceedings as the Eli Nathan Committee.[3]
Rome Conference and International Criminal Court
[edit]In 1998, Nathan headed the Israeli delegation to the United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court in Rome, which adopted the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on 17 July 1998.[2][4]
In his statement explaining Israel's negative vote on the Statute, Nathan described himself as a victim of Nazi persecution and recalled that Jewish communities and leading Israeli lawyers and statesmen had called for the establishment of a permanent international criminal court as early as the 1950s.[5][4]
He said that Israel had participated actively in the preparation of the Statute, but objected in particular to the inclusion of the transfer of population into occupied territory among the war crimes listed in Article 8(2)(b)(viii).[5]
Nathan argued that Israel had not been given a separate opportunity to vote on that provision and stated that, had the provision not been included, the Israeli delegation would have voted in favour of adopting the Statute.[5] He characterized the provision as an instance of what he regarded as the politicization of the Statute and expressed concern that the Court could be used for political purposes.[5][4] He nevertheless expressed hope that the Court would serve the objectives for which it had been established.[5]
A 2024 opinion article in the Bangkok Post by Orna Sagiv, then Israel's ambassador to Thailand and Cambodia, discussed Nathan's address in the context of Israel's position on the International Criminal Court.[6]
Later life and death
[edit]Following his judicial career, Nathan chaired the Private Investigators and Guard Services Licensing Board and conducted private arbitrations. He also contributed to the work of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel. Nathan died on 29 October 2012.[7][1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 "Eli Nathan – Curriculum Vitae". Judicial Authority of Israel. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- 1 2 "The International Criminal Court – Background Paper". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel. 30 July 1998. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ Protocol of the 382nd Sitting of the Eighth Knesset (PDF) (Report). Knesset of Israel. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Palestine Situation before the ICC: reflections and views of Israel". JusticeInfo.net. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Statement by Judge Eli Nathan, Head of the Delegation of Israel". Legal Tools Database. 17 July 1998. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ Sagiv, Orna (30 November 2024). "Truth, justice and the ICC's very broken compass". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ "עלי נתן ז"ל" [Eli Nathan]. Avelim Memorial Archive (in Hebrew). 30 October 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2026.