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Source: BBC

International Criminal Court officials sanctioned by US

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The US has imposed sanctions on senior officials in the International Criminal Court (ICC), including chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda. ... Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused the court of "illegitimate attempts to subject Americans to its jurisdiction".

The Hague-based ICC is currently investigating whether US forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan. ... The US has criticised the court since its foundation and is one of a dozen states which have not signed up.

Balkees Jarrah, senior counsel at the non-governmental organisation Human Rights Watch, condemned the sanctions as a "shameful new low for US commitments to justice for victims of the worst crimes". ... Mr Pompeo's move marked a "stunning perversion of US sanctions, devised to penalize rights abusers and kleptocrats, to target those prosecuting war crimes", she tweeted.

Created by a UN treaty in 2002, the ICC investigates and brings to justice those responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, intervening when national authorities cannot or will not prosecute.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54003527

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BREAKING: The Trump administration has put Fatou #Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (
@IntlCrimCourt
) and one of her top aids, on the sanctions list historically reserved for war criminals and international terrorists.

https://treasury.gov/ofac/downloads/sdnnew20.pdf

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https://www.treasury.gov/ofac/downloads/sdnnew20.pdf

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL
CHANGES TO THE Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List
SINCE JANUARY 1, 2020

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09/02/20
The following [ICCP-EO13928] entries have been
added to OFAC's SDN List:
BENSOUDA, Fatou (a.k.a. BENSOUDA, Fatou
Bom); DOB 31 Jan 1961; POB Banjul, The
Gambia; nationality The Gambia; Gender
Female; Passport D0015886 (individual) [ICCPEO13928].

BENSOUDA, Fatou Bom (a.k.a. BENSOUDA,
Fatou); DOB 31 Jan 1961; POB Banjul, The
Gambia; nationality The Gambia; Gender
Female; Passport D0015886 (individual) [ICCPEO13928].