ICC rejects US sanctions against its judges

The International Criminal Court rejected recent US sanctions against two of its judges, describing them as “a flagrant attack against the independence of an impartial judicial institution”.

In a statement issued shortly after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the measures, the ICC called the move an undermining of the rule of law.

“When judicial actors are threatened for applying the law, it is the international legal order itself that is placed at risk,” the court said.