The International Criminal Court welcomes a “new stage” in relations with Washington, after the lifting of sanctions against it



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Today (Friday) the International Criminal Court welcomed the decision of US President Joe Biden to lift the sanctions imposed by his predecessor, Donald Trump, on the Court’s Prosecutor, considering that this step opens a new era of cooperation with Washington.
“As President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute, I would like to express my deep satisfaction with the decision taken today by the government of the United States (…) to lift the regrettable sanctions against the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court” Silvia Fernández de Gourmande said.
Biden stressed that Washington continues to “oppose” the desire of the International Criminal Court to investigate complaints related to “persons from countries that are not signatories” to the Treaty of Rome that established the court, and among those countries, “the United States and its allies “. , ”In reference to the investigations into allegations of US war crimes in Afghanistan led to the imposition of sanctions on the chief prosecutor of the court during the Trump era, and in a signal also the opening of an investigation into alleged crimes in the territories occupied Palestinians. , the blame has been attributed especially to Israel.
“We will vigorously protect current and former US personnel” from these investigations, Biden said.

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