ICC condemns US sanctions on tribunal president and senior lawyer
The International Criminal Court has sharply criticized the US State Department's decision to impose financial sanctions on ICC President Tomoko Akane and senior trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye.
- US sanctioned ICC president Tomoko Akane and senior trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye
- ICC slammed the sanctions as a flagrant attack on its independence
- Sanctions freeze any US-based assets of the targeted officials
Sources
- France 24 — ICC slams US decision to sanction the court's president and a senior prosecution lawyer
- France 24 — ICC says US sanctions 'flagrant attack' on court independence
- Deutsche Welle — ICC slams US sanctions on court as 'flagrant attack'
- Deutsche Welle — Why the US is going after the International Criminal Court
- Al Jazeera — ICC condemns US sanctions as ‘flagrant attack’ on court’s independence
- The Guardian — ICC decries latest US sanctions as ‘flagrant attack’ on court’s independence
- The Hill — ICC rips latest US sanctions on senior staff: 'Flagrant attack'
- UN News — International Criminal Court: New US sanctions ‘a flagrant attack’ against its independence
- Al Jazeera — US sanctions International Criminal Court’s president and top lawyer
- Deutsche Welle — US imposes new sanctions on ICC president, senior lawyer in latest escalation
- The Guardian — US sanctions international criminal court president and prosecutor
- BBC — US announces new sanctions on top ICC figures