US sanctions ICC hours after Nobel Peace Prize awarded to former judge
WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court, vowing to cripple the tribunal’s operations just hours after the Nobel Peace Prize went to a former ICC judge who warned of mounting political attacks on the court.
The United States sanctioned the International Criminal Court (ICC) hours after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to its former judge, Navi Pillay. Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared the move would cripple the tribunal's operations, vowing to ban transactions with the "rogue court." The ICC responded by rejecting the sanctions as an attack on international law and warning that "history will judge this moment."
The sanctions came as part of the Trump administration's ongoing campaign against the Hague-based tribunal, which has repeatedly called on the court and its member states to change course.
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