The International Criminal Court's response to US sanctions is a ground attack on international law

The International Criminal Court's response to US sanctions is a ground attack on international law

The International Criminal Court announced on Friday that the US sanctions against this institution are a ground attack on international law. The Mossad warned that "history will judge this moment."

The International Criminal Court, established in 2002, has international jurisdiction to prosecute genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in member states or in cases referred to it by the UN Security Council.

This court announced in statements: "These sanctions are a violation of the rule of law and the foundations of the international legal order, and they are aimed at the simple principle that no one is above the law."

Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, said earlier on Friday that Washington would ban doing business with the International Criminal Court. He called this institution "a court outside the law". The International Criminal Court, headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands, announced that the purpose of such actions is to intimidate the staff of the International Criminal Court and disrupt its activities, stressing that it will not yield to pressure.

Tomoko Akane, president of the International Criminal Court, said in this statement: "The court will continue to fully fulfill its mission and act independently and impartially, based solely on the law and the evidence; this is in line with the support of countless victims of serious crimes."

In this statement, the 125 member states of the International Criminal Court were asked to support this institution: "Future generations, and especially victims of mass crimes, will ask how we reacted when the institution created to protect them was subjected to a ground attack."

Last August, Marco Rubio, the US Secretary of State, announced sanctions against the president and one of the top lawyers of the International Criminal Court. An action assessed in the context of the Donald Trump administration's efforts to "disable" this court.