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\nThe HAGUE
\nThe International Criminal Court (ICC) has condemned the economic sanctions imposed by the US on the Court\u2019s prosecutor on Thursday.
\nThe new measures, announced pursuant to the US Executive Order 13928 dated 11 June 2020, are another attempt to interfere with the Court\u2019s judicial and prosecutorial independence and crucial work to address grave crimes of concern to the international community as mandated under the ICC Rome Statute, said the ICC in a press statement.
\n\u201cThese coercive acts, directed at an international judicial institution and its civil servants, are unprecedented and constitute serious attacks against the Court, the Rome Statute system of international criminal justice, and the rule of law more generally,\u201d said the statement.
\nThe Court continues to stand firmly by its personnel and its mission of fighting impunity for the world\u2019s most serious crimes under international law, independently and impartially, in accordance with its mandate. In doing so, the Court benefits from the strong support and commitment of two thirds of the world\u2019s States which are parties to the Rome Statute.
\nMeanwhile in a separate statement, Assembly of States Parties (ASP) President, O-Gon Kwon rejected the US measures against ICC.
\nHe said, \u201cI strongly reject such unprecedented and unacceptable measures against a treaty-based international organization. They only serve to weaken our common endeavour to fight impunity for mass atrocities.\u201d
\nHe said the ICC is an independent and impartial judicial institution. It operates in strict adherence to the provisions of the Rome Statute. The ICC is complementary to national jurisdictions and thus recognizes the primary jurisdiction of States themselves. This is the cornerstone of the Statute, he further said.
\nFurther, the ASP and the ICC have together embarked on a wide-ranging review process to strengthen the Rome Statute system and improve the Court\u2019s performance and efficiency. \u201cWe stand by our Court and its staff as well as those cooperating with it in implementing its judicial mandate,\u201d he said.
\nHe said, \u201cA meeting of the Bureau of the Assembly will take place shortly to consider the measures imposed by the United States and ways to give effect to our unstinting support for the ICC. I call upon the States Parties and all the stakeholders in the Rome Statute system to reiterate once again our unwavering commitment to uphold and defend the principles and values enshrined in the Statute and to preserve its integrity undeterred by any measures and threats against the ICC and its officials, staff and their families.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TLTP The HAGUE The International Criminal Court (ICC) has condemned the economic sanctions imposed by the US on the Court\u2019s prosecutor on Thursday. The new measures, announced pursuant to the US Executive Order 13928 dated 11 June 2020, are another attempt to interfere with the Court\u2019s judicial and prosecutorial independence and crucial work to address […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-142329","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n