Disputed Whether the sanctions defend U.S. sovereignty or attack the rule of law, and whether the ICC is a legitimate independent court or a politicized threat
The U.S. administration said the sanctions defend U.S. sovereignty and citizens from a threat posed by the ICC; it says the court has become politicized and sought to prosecute Americans and Israelis unfairly and illegally. Netanyahu called it a political body that threatens democracies and national sovereignty.
The ICC described the sanctions as an assault on the rule of law and international legal order, and said it would carry out its mandate independently and impartially on the basis of law and evidence.
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“…an assault on the rule of law and on the very foundations of the international legal order which strikes at the simple principle that no one stands above the law”
Tomoko Akane, International Criminal Court president · our summary of Le Monde
As quoted in French, with a machine translation
“La Cour continuera de s’acquitter pleinement de son mandat, en toute indépendance et impartialité, en agissant uniquement sur la base du droit et des éléments de preuve, pour le…”
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