The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns in the strongest terms the new wave of sanctions imposed by the U.S administration against two senior officials of the International Criminal Court (ICC): Judge Tomoko Akane, President of the ICC, and Abdoulaye Saye, Senior Trial Lawyer in the Office of the Prosecutor.
Despite the sanctions imposed on PCHR and two other Palestinian organisations, Al Mezan and Al-Haq, for their work with the ICC, PCHR reiterates its firm solidarity with the Court and its officials and reaffirms its support for the ICC’s independence and integrity. PCHR also reiterates its call on States Parties to the Rome Statute to take concrete, tangible, and effective measures to protect the Court, safeguard its independence, and ensure that it can carry out its mandate to end impunity without interference, intimidation, and threats.
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