US pressure against the Iernational Criminal Court to stop the investigation on Gaza
The American governme warned the Iernational Criminal Court to stop the investigation of the American officials, the crimes of the Zionist regime in Gaza and the war in Afghanistan.
According to Isna, the US Preside Donald Trump’s administration has ordered the Iernational Criminal Court to stop its investigation io war crimes committed by Zionist authorities during the Gaza war and officially declare its previous investigation io the US military conduct in Afghanistan closed.
According to the Reuters News agency, the US governme has also threatened that if the Iernational Criminal Court refuses to take this action, the US governme may impose new sanctions against the officials of the Iernational Criminal Court and poteially target the institution itself.
Trump administration officials have described such investigations as “politically motivated and in violation of national sovereigy,” and added: “The effort to rewrite the Rome Statute, which forms the basis of the Iernational Criminal Court, reflects a deeper effort to delegitimize iernational legal mechanisms perceived as hostile to the ierests of the United States or its allies.”
Also, the attempt to remove the Iernational Criminal Court’s jurisdiction over the war in Afghanistan, where US forces have been accused of detainee abuse and other violations, could be seen as “an attempt to suppress independe oversight of wartime conduct.”
A US official said: “If the court does not comply with all three requests, Washington may iensify its response.” This can include personal sanctions against judges or other prosecutors of the Iernational Criminal Court, travel bans, asset freezes, and even institutional sanctions aimed at limiting the Court’s ability to operate iernationally.”
During the first term of Trump’s presidency, the United States sanctioned senior officials of the Iernational Criminal Court, actions that were later revoked by former US Preside Joe Biden.
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