International Criminal Court Calls US Sanctions 'Unacceptable'
The International Criminal Court criticized a U.S. executive order that authorized sanctions against the ICC (see 2006110028), calling the order an “unacceptable attempt to interfere with the rule of law” and saying it feels “profound regret” at the U.S.’s decision.…
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“The ICC stands firmly by its staff and officials,” it said June 11, adding that the sanctions are aimed at “influencing the actions of ICC officials in the context of the Court's independent and objective investigations and impartial judicial proceedings.” President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute O-Gon Kwon called the sanctions “unprecedented.”