3 minutes agoWhite House confirms sanctions against JNP war crimes prosecutor
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)International Criminal Court prosecutor (GJNP) Karim Khan is the first person to be hit by economic sanctions and travel authorised by US President Donald Trump, who is at the centre of the war crimes tribunal, due to investigations into US citizens or their allies as Israel. Mr. Khan's name, one [...]
Mr. Khan's name, a British citizen, was included on Monday in an annex to an executive order signed by Mr. Trump last week. Reuters news agency reported on Friday that Mr. Khan was being sanctioned by Washington.
Sanctions, which are similar to the actions Mr. Trump took during his first term, include freezing property in the United States and preventing US entry of persons involved and their families.
The JNP denounced on Friday the sanctions, pledging that it will stand by its personnel and wants “to continue to provide justice and hope for millions of innocent victims of atrocities worldwide”. Court officials met at The Hague on Friday to discuss the consequences of sanctions.
The International Criminal Court, which opened in 2002, has international jurisdiction to prosecute genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in member states or whether a situation refers to it by the UN Security Council.
Under an agreement between the United Nations and Washington, Mr. Khan should be able to travel to New York regularly to inform the UN Security Council of the cases this body has presented before the tribunal in The Hague.
The Security Council has referred to the JNP as cases of the situation in Libya and the Darfur region in Sudan.
“We believe that any restrictions against specific individuals will be applied in line with the host country's obligations under the UN agreement,” UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said on Friday. /voa
