19/6/2025–|Last update: 20:20 (Mecca time)
Urging an organization Human Rights Watch European Union Foreign Ministers to make the defense of International Criminal Court A top priority in the face of offensive escalation by the US President’s administration Donald Trump.
On the sixth of this month, the American administration imposed sanctions on 4 judges in the court, including a European judge from Slovenia, on the pretext of their role in the private court investigations. In Palestine Afghanistan.
Last February, Washington imposed sanctions on the court’s prosecutor, which, according to the organization, was “a serious violation of the principle of independence and justice of the international judiciary.”
The organization explained that these penalties are not limited to the target individuals only, but also to warn of a “terrifying impact” on companies and organizations that cooperate with the court or provide them with support and services. She explained that these bodies may be afraid of exposure to American legal and financial sanctions or prosecutions.
The organization warned that the retreat of such bodies from supporting the court may threaten the capacity International Criminal To carry out its global tasks.
Although several European governments and European Union leaders rushed to expressed unfortunately for US sanctions and renewed their support to the court, Human Rights Watch confirmed that there is a need for more powerful practical procedures to ensure the continuity of the court’s work and protect it from pressure.
The organization pointed out that the international member states of the International Criminal stand in the first line of defense, and that the Netherlands is the headquarters of the court where the ministers will meet on the 23rd of this month, a “pivotal role”, although it cannot face this challenge on its own.
The organization called European Union To activate the “prevention law” that prevents European entities from adhering to foreign sanctions on the court, considering this a decisive tool in protecting international justice.
She added that European Commission She recently stated that she “monitors repercussions” and “studies all possible measures” before taking any official response on new US sanctions.