Disputed Whether the U.S. measures defend sovereignty against a politicized ICC or undermine independent international justice
The U.S. government said the ICC was politicized and had sought to prosecute Americans and Israelis unfairly, and framed the sanctions as defending U.S. sovereignty.
The ICC called the sanctions an assault on the rule of law, while European Parliament President Metsola presented the court’s work as upholding international law and justice and eight governments objected to the measures.
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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”
Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament · our summary of Der Spiegel
As quoted in German, with a machine translation
“Dieser Preis würdigt die wichtige Arbeit des Gerichtshofs für die Wahrung des Völkerrechts und der Gerechtigkeit weltweit”
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