Undoubtedly, this is a very serious incident that deepens the divide between the United States and the European Union. The EU Member of Parliament from the liberal Renew faction, Sandro Gozi, says it is now important to coordinate and act decisively with Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan. #IStGH #USAsanktionen #EURechtsstaatlichkeit (translated)
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot also hints at it. #IStGH #USAsanktionen #EURechtsstaatlichkeit (translated)
Tomoko Akane, the president of the court, calls it an attack on the international legal order. #IStGH #USAsanktionen #EURechtsstaatlichkeit (translated)
But it is also an attack on the European Union. Because the court is in The Hague, the sanctions are directed against activities that take place within the European Union, according to Lange. #IStGH #USAsanktionen #EURechtsstaatlichkeit (translated)
"When the USA punishes judges and prosecutors for fulfilling their mandate, then that is simply intimidation of the judiciary," says the Member of the European Parliament Axel Voss, who sits for the European People's Party on the Legal Affairs Committee of the EU Parliament. #IStGH #USAsanktionen #EURechtsstaatlichkeit (translated)
Either the ICC stops its threats, or we put an end to the ICC. For US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has stated that the United States will sanction the International Criminal Court in The Hague (ICC). #IStGH #USAsanktionen #EURechtsstaatlichkeit (translated)
Europe is considering measures against the US sanctions against the International Criminal Court, as these are seen as a threat to the rule of law and activities within the EU. #IStGH #USAsanktionen #EURechtsstaatlichkeit (translated)
"Either the International Criminal Court (ICC) ends its threats, or we end its existence," said Rubio in a video message. What happened on Friday was that South African judge Navanethem Pillay, who also worked for the International Criminal Court, was awarded the Nobel Prize. "Either the International Criminal Court (ICC) ends its threats, or we end its existence," said Rubio in a video message. #IStGH #USEUBeziehungen #Sanktionen (translated)
The EU is responding to the sanctions announced by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio against the International Criminal Court with diplomatic efforts and a willingness to use its defensive measures in accordance with the Blocking Statute to protect the court from the US action. #IStGH #USEUBeziehungen #Sanktionen (translated)
US President Donald Trump has criticized the award of the former ICC judge Navi Pillay with the Nobel Peace Prize as a "shameful and embarrassing decision." "I have never heard of this particular person, but anyway congratulations." Before his supporters, Trump said about Pillay: "I have never heard of this particular person, but anyway congratulations." "The United States, represented by me as your president, should have received the Nobel Peace Prize, but they did not," Trump said. #Trump #Friedensnobelpreis #Menschenrechte (translated)
UN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Türk described the measures as "unacceptable" and also called for the lifting of all previously imposed sanctions. #IStGH #Sanktionen #InternationalesRecht (translated)
Today's decision represents a severe blow to our共同的 efforts for international criminal justice, of which the ICC is the central pillar. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed being "deeply concerned about the expected impacts" of the sanctions: "Today's decision represents a severe blow to our共同的 efforts for international criminal justice, of which the ICC is the central pillar." #IStGH #Sanktionen #InternationalesRecht (translated)
President Trump will never allow the International Criminal Court to prosecute US citizens," said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a statement. "We don't need it. And we don't want it." Rubio justified the US actions by saying that the US has never joined the court: "We don't need it. And we don't want it." #IStGH #Sanktionen #InternationalesRecht (translated)
After the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to former ICC judge Navi Pillay, the US government under Donald Trump imposed comprehensive sanctions against the International Criminal Court, which was sharply criticized by the EU Commission and the Court. #IStGH #Sanktionen #InternationalesRecht (translated)
"We expect our allies, many of whom belong to the ICC and rely on US soldiers for their defense, to rein in the court." US President Donald Trump will never allow the court to prosecute US citizens, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had stated. #IStGH #USASanktionen #internationaleDiplomatie (translated)
U.S. President Donald Trump will never allow the court to prosecute U.S. citizens, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio had stated. #IStGH #USASanktionen #internationaleDiplomatie (translated)
The foreign ministers of Germany and seven other countries have sharply criticized the announced US sanctions against the International Criminal Court and emphasized their support for the independence of the court. #IStGH #USASanktionen #internationaleDiplomatie (translated)
Justice Minister Stefanie Hubig (57, SPD) spoke of a "dark day for international law and the idea of a rules-based world order." #IStGH #Sanktionen #InternationaleGerechtigkeit (translated)
President Donald Trump (80) had already called on other countries to leave the "ruthless" organization at the UN General Assembly in September. #IStGH #Sanktionen #InternationaleGerechtigkeit (translated)
"We don't need him. And we don't want him," said Foreign Minister Marco Rubio (55). #IStGH #Sanktionen #InternationaleGerechtigkeit (translated)
