The court is still in its infancy, and antagonising the many government leaders expressing solidarity with him could jeopardise its future.
Appointing him could jeopardise efforts to keep the UK in the EU, making the UK more isolated in Europe.
'We didn't want to jeopardise her release.
He also joined Australian Super 15 side Melbourne Rebels in 2010, despite then-England coach Martin Johnson warning him it would jeopardise his international chances.
Her chance of success relies heavily on how many voters she can convince that Mr Humala is a "wolf in sheep's clothing" - as she has described him - who would jeopardise Peru's progress.
His indictment in 2008 led to relations between the 54-member AU and the ICC plummeting, with the AU calling on countries to ignore an ICC arrest warrant for Mr Bashir, claiming that he enjoyed presidential immunity and that putting him on trial could jeopardise peace efforts in Darfur.
That would rule him out of the Six Nations and jeopardise his chances of making up for his disappointment with the Lions in New Zealand three years ago.
The horse has only just resumed training after a hold-up, and Nicholls would not want to jeopardise a golden opportunity at Aintree by rushing him to the Festival first.
As a lawyer herself, she obviously knew that the recording of Jens Kristian getting Sander to sign something incriminating would undermine him as a witness, and therefore jeopardise the whole case.
Fearful of losing him, or jeopardising their other son's adoption, they did not ask for help.
Inevitably, backlashes abound – last month backers of blood sports accused him of jeopardising the impartiality of the BBC with his call for charities to turn up the volume against fox hunting and other activities.
