US-Sanctioned ICC Head Warns Against 'Demise of International Rule of Law'
Tomoko Akane said the sanctions could mark the beginning of the demise of international rule of law, as the United States targeted 2 ICC officials.
- On Tuesday, the United States sanctioned International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane and trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye, barring both from entering the country and accessing its financial system.
- Washington claims the court is a "corrupt and fatally politicised" body, accusing Akane and Seye of "directly" engaging in efforts to prosecute officials from governments that have not consented to ICC jurisdiction.
- Akane stated on August 21 she was "not surprised" by the sanctions, warning against "the demise of international rule of law," while the ICC previously called the measures a "flagrant attack" on court independence.
- European Commission and Council leaders issued statements supporting the ICC, while Foreign Minister Tom Berendsen said his government "disapproves" of the sanctions, joining international criticism of the U.S. move.
- The U.S. move follows previous sanctions on ICC officials, largely in response to investigations involving Israel and Russia; while the United States and Israel are not members, Palestine has been a member since 2015.
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(Tokyo = Yonhap News) Correspondent Lee Do-yeon = International Criminal Court (ICC) President Tomoko Akane, who is subject to sanctions by the U.S. Donald Trump administration, told member states, "under the law..."
Tomoko Akane, President of the International Criminal Court (ICC, The Hague, Netherlands), which was designated a target of sanctions by the US Trump administration, issued a statement saying that "the support of Japan and the Japanese people is a crucial key." Akane's book was published last year by Bungei Shunju...
The US sanctions against ICC President Tomoko Akane have led to a wave of international condemnations. The UN, the European Union, France and Japan have, among other things, denounced measures that are considered incompatible with the independence of justice.
Tomoko Akane, president of the International Criminal Court, warned of the risk to the rule of international law after being sanctioned by the United States.
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