Seventy-nine ICC member nations condemn US sanctions in joint statement

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The signatories countries warn that such measures “increase the risk of impunity for the most serious crimes and threaten to erode the international rule of law, which is crucial for promoting global order and security.”

US President Donald Trump’s decision to sanction the International Criminal Court increases the “risk of impunity” for serious crimes, 79 parties to the global tribunal said in a joint statement Friday.

“Such measures increase the risk of impunity for the most serious crimes and threaten to erode the international rule of law, which is crucial for promoting global order and security,” said Friday’s joint statement, led by Slovenia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Sierra Leone and Vanuatu.

They were joined by dozens of other nations, including Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Brazil and Bangladesh.

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