The International Criminal Court (ICC) He denounced this Friday that the executive order signed by the US President, Donald Trumpto sanction its officials seeks “Underminate the Court’s ability to administer justice in all” open investigations and these “threats and coercive measures constitute serious attacks” against member countries.
The president of the ICC, the judge Tomoko Akanealso firmly rejected any attempt to influence independence and impartiality ”of the Courtas well as to “politicize” its judicial function. “We have always complied with and we will continue to comply with the law, under any circumstance,” he warned.
The court has warned that Trump’s action is going to “harm his independent and impartial judicial work” and stressed that “he remains firm with his staff and He undertakes to continue providing justice and hope to millions of innocent victims of atrocities worldwide “.
Trump’s decision, which contemplates financial restrictions and limitations in obtaining visas To travel to the United States to CPI officials and their immediate relatives, it is an answer to arrest orders issued by the CPI against the Israeli prime minister, Benjamín Netanyahu, and its former Minister of Defense, Yoav Gallantfor war crimes in Gaza.
Israel and Hungary, with Trump
The governments of two of the main European allies of the United States, Israel and Hungarythey held Trump’s decision against a court that they defined as “Anti -American and Corrupt Anti -Semitic” and “a political instrument” that discredits the international legal system.
Netanyahu, on which an arrest warrant hangs for alleged war crimes and humanity in Gaza, thanked Trump for his “Valient Executive Order” against a ICC “that has no jurisdiction or foundation to undertake a legal war against us.”
For his part, Hungarian Foreign Minister, Péter Szijjártóhe said that Washington’s decision is “Absolutely understandable” since, in his opinion, the Court “has recently become a Tendencious political tool and has discredited the entire international judicial system. “
