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ICC prosecutor addresses UN despite US visa ban
Source: Associated Press
ICC prosecutor addresses UN despite US visa ban
By EDITH M. LEDERER
May 8, 2019
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Trump administration’s revocation of International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda’s U.S. visa didn’t hinder her from coming to the United Nations on Wednesday to address the Security Council.
Bensouda did not mention the visa ban in her briefing to the council on Libya but she told several reporters afterward that she was given a visa to travel to the U.N. for work, as required under the “host country agreement” between the U.S. and the U.N.
“They said the visa on file was revoked, but the visa for purposes of doing my work at the U.N. wasn’t,” Bensouda said. “I can stay in New York anywhere — nowhere else.”
In March, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ordered the revocation or denial of visas to ICC staff seeking to investigate allegations of war crimes and other abuses by U.S. forces in Afghanistan or elsewhere.
Bensouda’s U.S. visa was revoked before last month’s decision by ICC judges rejecting her request to open an investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Afghanistan as well as alleged crimes by U.S. forces linked to the conflict.
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By EDITH M. LEDERER
May 8, 2019
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Trump administration’s revocation of International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda’s U.S. visa didn’t hinder her from coming to the United Nations on Wednesday to address the Security Council.
Bensouda did not mention the visa ban in her briefing to the council on Libya but she told several reporters afterward that she was given a visa to travel to the U.N. for work, as required under the “host country agreement” between the U.S. and the U.N.
“They said the visa on file was revoked, but the visa for purposes of doing my work at the U.N. wasn’t,” Bensouda said. “I can stay in New York anywhere — nowhere else.”
In March, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ordered the revocation or denial of visas to ICC staff seeking to investigate allegations of war crimes and other abuses by U.S. forces in Afghanistan or elsewhere.
Bensouda’s U.S. visa was revoked before last month’s decision by ICC judges rejecting her request to open an investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Afghanistan as well as alleged crimes by U.S. forces linked to the conflict.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/46f43ecd99834ca4912c01e6d1a5dff8
