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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
THE HAGUE, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) — The presidency of the Assembly of States Parties, which oversees the International Criminal Court (ICC), on Thursday expressed "deep concern" and condemned new U.S. sanctions on ICC judges and deputy prosecutors.
The sanctions, announced Wednesday by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, target ICC judges Kimberly Prost of Canada and Nicolas Guillou of France, as well as deputy prosecutors Nazhat Shamim Khan of Fiji and Mame Mandia Niang of Senegal. Sanctions were previously imposed on four other judges and ICC prosecutor Karim Khan.
The Presidency of the Assembly of States Parties said the move was a “regrettable attempt to obstruct the Court and its staff in the exercise of their independent judicial functions.”
These measures “constitute an affront to the independence of the court and the integrity of the Rome Statute system,” the presidency said in a statement. –0–
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