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April 2, 2021

Biden revokes Trump executive order sanctioning International Criminal Court officials

A world of possibilities opens - like prosecuting US military and Israel, we'd hope



President Joe Biden revoked a Trump executive order that authorized sanctions on International Criminal Court officials and lifted sanctions on two officials, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement Friday.

Blinken also said the State Department terminated another Trump-era policy to impose visa restrictions on certain ICC officials.

"These decisions reflect our assessment that the measures adopted were inappropriate and ineffective", he said.

The reversal of the Trump administration's punitive actions toward the ICC were applauded by human rights organizations.

In June 2020, former President Donald Trump authorized sanctions and additional visa restrictions against International Criminal Court personnel in an attempt by the administration to strong-arm the international body out of an investigation into potential war crimes by US military and intelligence officials.

In his statement Friday, Blinken said they "continue to disagree strongly with the ICC's actions relating to the Afghanistan and Palestinian situations".

"We maintain our longstanding objection to the Court's efforts to assert jurisdiction over personnel of non-States Parties such as the United States and Israel. We believe, however, that our concerns about these cases would be better addressed through engagement with all stakeholders in the ICC process rather than through the imposition of sanctions", he said.
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