Spain: US sanctions against the Criminal Court are an attack on iernational justice – Mehr News Agency | RCO News Agency
According to RCO News Agency, quoted by Al Jazeera, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain strongly criticized the US sanctions against the Iernational Criminal Court and announced: This action is a new and open attack on the independence and impartiality of this iernational judicial institution.
The stateme of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain has emphasized that the sanctions imposed by Washington have seriously affected the functioning of the Iernational Criminal Court and weaken the ability of this court to carry out its legal missions.
Madrid also demanded to respect the mechanisms of iernational law and refrain from exerting political pressure on independe judicial institutions.
The US State Departme on Thursday announced sanctions against two judges of the Iernational Criminal Court for what it called “unlawful targeting of Israel”.
“Marco RubioWhile announcing this news, he claimed: The Iernational Criminal Court has coinued political activities against Israel and has created a dangerous precede for all couries.
Taking sides with the crimes of the Zionist regime, he added: We will not tolerate the abuse of the Iernational Criminal Court’s position and the wrong targeting of Americans and Israelis.
In response to this action, the Iernational Criminal Court announced that it strongly rejects and condemns the new US sanctions against its two judges.
The action of the United States in imposing sanctions against the Iernational Criminal Court took place after this court iensified the process of investigating cases related to war crimes, including the crimes committed by the Zionist regime in Palestine.
These sanctions have faced widespread negative reactions from European couries and human rights organizations, and critics believe that Washington is trying to preve its allies from being accouable for iernational crimes with these measures.
