Amnesty International, on Friday, criticised US President Donald Trump’s executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC), saying it “betrays” international justice system, Anadolu Agency reports.
In a statement, Agnes Callamard, Secretary-General of the rights group based in the UK, said the sanctions suggest Trump endorses the Israeli government’s crimes and is embracing impunity.
“This reckless action sends the message that Israel is above the law and the universal principles of international justice,” she said.
Stressing that global rules are applicable to everyone and aim to deliver justice for all, Callamard underlined that the sanctions “constitute another betrayal of our common humanity”.
“Today’s executive order is vindictive. It is aggressive. It is a brutal step that seeks to undermine and destroy what the international community has painstakingly constructed over decades, if not centuries.”
Trump, on Thursday, signed an executive order sanctioning the ICC and accused it of “illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally, Israel.”
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and former Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant, face arrest warrants issued by The Hague-based Court in November last year for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip. Israel has killed more than 47,000 people in Gaza since 7 October, 2023 and rendered it uninhabitable.
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