Karim Khan: The existence of the International Criminal Court is in danger

According to RCO News Agency, Karim Khan, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, said during the annual meeting of this court: “By any measure, we see that this court is in a critical and serious moment.”

According to Reuters News agency, he added: “We are facing unexpected challenges. We see that civil society victims, survivors and humanity are at risk.”

Two months after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russia did the same.

The US House of Representatives also passed a bill in June that includes sanctioning this court in response to Karim Khan’s request to issue an arrest warrant against Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Galant, the former Prime Minister and Minister of War of the Zionist regime.

Judge Tomoko Akane, head of the International Criminal Court, also said: “The court has been exposed to attacks that aim to weaken its legitimacy and ability to provide justice and determine international laws and fundamental rights, but threats, intimidation, actions and pressures are carried out for sabotage.” More arrest orders have been issued against court employees.

He continued: “The International Criminal Court has been threatened with many economic sanctions by the institutions of the permanent member states of the United Nations Security Council. These actions will quickly weaken the performance of the court in all institutions and cases and endanger its existence.”

Although America is not a member of this international court, its financial and military power can weaken the International Criminal Court both politically and diplomatically and target financial sanctions against the employees of this court.

The President of the International Criminal Court continued his speech and said: “The Court categorically rejects any attempt to influence its independence and impartiality. We reject attempts to politicize the functioning of the court. “We always win the law under any circumstances.”

The court was established in 2002 to prosecute war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and the crime of aggression when member states are unwilling or unable to do so.

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