More than half of war crimes court's members back tribunal
Source: Associated Press
Mike Corder, Associated Press
Updated 2:28 pm CDT, Tuesday, June 23, 2020
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) More than half of the member states of the International Criminal Court voiced their support for the institution in a strongly worded statement issued Tuesday in response to the Trump administrations decision to authorize sanctions against court staff.
The 67 nations, including such U.S. allies as Australia, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, said in the joint statement that they were reconfirming our unwavering support for the Court as an independent and impartial judicial institution.
The participating countries also reiterated their commitment to preserving the court's integrity undeterred by any measures or threats against the Court, its officials and those cooperating with it.
On June 11, President Donald Trump authorized economic and travel sanctions against International Criminal Court workers who were investigating troops and intelligence officials from the United States and allied nations, including Israel, for possible war crimes in Afghanistan and elsewhere.
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bdamomma
(63,931 posts)tRump is messing with the wrong court. Get him ICC.
kimbutgar
(21,224 posts)There will mass graves of immigrants and sex trafficked kids that he knows about. Steven Miller will he tried also.
totodeinhere
(13,059 posts)war crimes and got away with it. Nobody did squat about it. I suspect that nothing will be done about Trump either.
kimbutgar
(21,224 posts)Have you seen the people in the streets like this except when they started the Bogus Iraq war ?