Paris expresses its “dismay” after the American sanctions against four magistrates of the ICC including a Frenchman

The United States announced new sanctions against the International Criminal Court on Wednesday, which they accuse of “politicization”.

France expressed its “dismay” on Wednesday. Similarly, August 20, after the United States’s decision to take new sanctions against four magistrates from the International Criminal Court (ICC), including a French judge, according to a statement from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

France “expresses its solidarity with regard to the magistrates referred to by this decision”. among which the French judge Nicolas Guillou, and believes that the American sanctions are “contrary to the principle of independence of justice”, underlined a spokesman for the ministry, while the United States justifies them by “a politicization” of the ICC.

The United States announced new sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday, which they accuse of “politicization”. These sanctions come after similar measures against magistrates and the CPI paris expresses its “dismay” after prosecutor, respectively in June and February.

“Intensify their efforts to defend institutions” – Paris expresses its "dismay" after

“The incessant intensification of reprisals of the United States against international institutions. its staff must cease,” said Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in the aftermath of new sanctions against members of the International Criminal Court on Thursday.

He called on the other States to ensure that these sanctions cannot be concretely applied. to “intensify their efforts to defend the institutions they have created to promote and protect human rights and the rule of law”, according to a statement.

“Sanction judges. prosecutors at the national, regional or international level for having fulfilled their mandate in accordance with the standards of international law constitutes an attack on the rule of law and corrupts justice,” accused Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Request for withdrawal of sanctions against magistrates

The High Commissioner asked for paris expresses its “dismay” after the withdrawal of the sanctions against the four magistrates referred to by the American announcement on Wednesday (two judges. two assistant prosecutors), thus those already aimed at four other judges and the CPI prosecutor, Karim Khan, previously appointed.

He also claimed that the sanctions aimed at the special rapporteur designated by the United Nations Human Rights Council on the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories. Francesca Albanese, be lifted.