ICC Chief Tomoko Akane vows to defend court after U.S. sanctions
Washington accuses the ICC of exceeding its mandate by investigating and seeking to prosecute senior political and military officials from countries including the United States and Israel, neither of which is a member of the court.“There is simply no truth to the long-standing claims by the United States that the ICC is a corrupt political organization that has abused so-called international law to deprive independent states of their sovereignty, or that I myself have been involved in such activities.”Akane said the accusations that the ICC is a corrupt political organisation abusing international law are unfounded.
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