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Africa: U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Top International Criminal Court Officials
UN News, 3 September 2020
The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday noted “with concern” the imposition by the United States of sanctions against the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal… Read more »
U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Top Hague Court Officials
The UN has raised concerns over the move to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court's (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda and the Head of the Jurisdiction Complementarity and Cooperation Division, Phakiso Mochochoko. The court has faced criticism from the U.S. since it was founded in 2004, and along with Russia and China, remains one of a dozen countries that have declined to sign up to its jurisdiction.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has accused the ICC of "illegitimate attempts to subject Americans to its jurisdiction", and says the sanctions are in accordance with a U.S. executive order issued in early June by President Donald Trump.
The U.S. also withdrew the entry visa for Chief Prosecutor Bensouda in April 2019. In 2018, the then- U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton threatened to sanction and prosecute International Criminal Court (ICC) judges if the tribunal attempts to charge U.S. service members and intelligence agents with war crimes in Afghanistan.
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Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, briefs the United Nations Security Council meeting on Sudan and South Sudan, 18 December 2019.
