International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane, under U.S. sanctions, on Sunday called The Hague-based organization the last bastion of the rule of law in the world.<\/p>\n
Support from people around the world is necessary for the continuation of the ICC, she said during an event held by a nongovernmental organization in Tokyo.<\/p>\n
Akane, who attended the event online, expressed her sincere gratitude for assistance from Japan, such as a signature campaign.<\/p>\n
The U.S. sanctions are illegal and unacceptable, she said, calling them a move to suppress justice through external force.<\/p>\n
Akane said she has been able to receive her salaries through a local bank while facing problems remitting money. Companies have rejected transactions with her due to the sanctions, she added.<\/p>\n
The ICC leader said that she has been treated like a criminal and that her pride and dignity as well as economic freedom have been significantly impacted.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Akane said she must remain undaunted as her colleagues continue carrying out their duties despite feeling their lives are in danger.<\/p>\n
The ICC prosecutes and punishes individuals who have committed war crimes and other offenses under international law.<\/p>\n
The U.S. government imposed sanctions on Akane and an ICC senior trial lawyer last month, frustrated at the court\u2019s decisions, including on its war crime investigations targeting U.S. troops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane, under U.S. sanctions, on Sunday called The Hague-based organization the last bastion…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,4784,43,273905,40,38,41,39,4374],"class_list":["post-608285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-icc","tag-news","tag-tomoko-akane","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-u-s"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}