Nobel Peace Laureate Pillay Calls US Sanctions on ICC 'Unacceptable'
Pillay said the sanctions endanger court staff and judges, as the United States escalated its campaign against the Hague-based tribunal.
- On Saturday, judge and former UN rights chief Navi Pillay called United States sanctions against the International Criminal Court "unheard of, unacceptable."
- The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced Pillay as this year's Nobel Peace Prize recipient on Friday, recognizing her prior leadership of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry, which documented genocide in Gaza last year.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed the committee "lost its moral compass," while Secretary of State Marco Rubio labeled the tribunal a "rogue court," escalating condemnation from both nations.
- Hours after Pillay's selection, the United States announced new sanctions against the ICC, prompting the court to reject the measures as an attack on international law, warning "history will judge this moment."
- President Donald Trump, who last month called on ICC member states to quit the court, labeled the committee's choice "a disgraceful and embarrassing decision," continuing his administration's long-running campaign against the Hague-based tribunal.
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This year's Nobel Peace winner, South African jurist Navi Pillay, called "unacceptable" the US government's decision to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court, announced on Friday. The measures may hinder the work of the court, to which Pillay was a member, and are part of a White House offensive against international courts, and US President Donald Trump has made his discontent with the choice of the lawyer's name for honor eviden…
The lawyer calls the criminal action against members of the court in The Hague unacceptable. US President Trump is disappointed that he has not received the Nobel Peace Prize – he has never heard of Pillay.
Navi Pillay, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, described the US sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) as 'unacceptable'.
Nobel peace laureate Pillay calls US sanctions on ICC 'unacceptable'
"There is so much tension and anxiety over the continued existence of international courts, mainly the International Criminal Court in The Hague," Pillay said via video link from Nuremberg during an event at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo. Pillay also lamented that "there are hundreds of staff who feel they are under threat". "Most importantly, sanctions have been announced by one country against the judges, just for the judicial orders they iss…
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