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European Union officials, including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa have reaffirmed the EU’s support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday in response to US sanctions on four ICC judges. Slovenia, home to one of the sanctioned judges, has further asked Brussels to use the EU’s Extraterritoriality (Blocking) statute to prohibit EU operators from complying with the sanctions without special authorization.
According to Costa and von der Leyen, the EU and the European Commission strongly support the ICC. Costa called the court “a cornerstone of international justice,” and noted that it “does not stand against nations—it stands against impunity. We must protect its independence and integrity. The rule of law must prevail over the rule of power.” Meanwhile, von der Leyen noted that the court “holds perpetrators of the world’s gravest crimes to account & gives victims a voice,” and further stressed that the court “must be free to act without pressure,” reaffirming that Europe “will always stand for global justice & the respect of international law.”
According to the US Department of State, the sanctions were imposed pursuant to President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14203, which sanctioned the court for issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant. The department claims that sanctioned Judges Beti Hohler and Reine Alapini-Gansou have been designated because of their role in authorizing the arrest warrants, while Judges Salome Bossa and Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza are designated for authorizing the ICC’s reopening of investigations into alleged war crimes by US troops in Afghanistan. The department claimed that the present sanctions against the four judges are a response to the “ICC’s politicization and abuse of power.”
Notably, Afghanistan has been a party to the Rome Statute since 2003 without having entered any reservations. Under Article 12 of the treaty, the ICC may exercise jurisdiction over crimes occurring in state parties or states that have accepted the court’s jurisdiction, even if the alleged perpetrators are nationals of non-party states.
The ICC called the sanctions a direct attack on the independence of the court and expressed its unwavering support of ICC personnel, noting that it operates according to its mandate from 125 state parties under the Rome Statute while observing the principles of fairness and due process.
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According to Costa and von der Leyen, the EU and the European Commission strongly support the ICC. Costa called the court “a cornerstone of international justice,” and noted that it “does not stand against nations—it stands against impunity. We must protect its independence and integrity. The rule of law must prevail over the rule of power.” Meanwhile, von der Leyen noted that the court “holds perpetrators of the world’s gravest crimes to account & gives victims a voice,” and further stressed that the court “must be free to act without pressure,” reaffirming that Europe “will always stand for global justice & the respect of international law.”
According to the US Department of State, the sanctions were imposed pursuant to President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14203, which sanctioned the court for issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant. The department claims that sanctioned Judges Beti Hohler and Reine Alapini-Gansou have been designated because of their role in authorizing the arrest warrants, while Judges Salome Bossa and Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza are designated for authorizing the ICC’s reopening of investigations into alleged war crimes by US troops in Afghanistan. The department claimed that the present sanctions against the four judges are a response to the “ICC’s politicization and abuse of power.”
Notably, Afghanistan has been a party to the Rome Statute since 2003 without having entered any reservations. Under Article 12 of the treaty, the ICC may exercise jurisdiction over crimes occurring in state parties or states that have accepted the court’s jurisdiction, even if the alleged perpetrators are nationals of non-party states.
The ICC called the sanctions a direct attack on the independence of the court and expressed its unwavering support of ICC personnel, noting that it operates according to its mandate from 125 state parties under the Rome Statute while observing the principles of fairness and due process.
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