The International Criminal Court slammed U.S. sanctions targeting its president and a senior prosecution lawyer on 19–20 August 2026, characterizing the action as a 'flagrant attack' on the tribunal's independence and warning that threatening judicial actors undermines the international legal order.
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ICC slams US decision to sanction the court’s president and a senior prosecution lawyer AP News
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru... In a statement, the court said that when “judicial actors are threatened for applying the law, it is the international legal order itself that is placed at risk.”
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