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...charged by the #ICC.👈
I am aware, that at present, that is wishful thinking, as it would have been in 1942.
However, I'd like to remind everyone, including some presidents, that only a few years later, even the seemingly invincible Hitler was dead and there were the #NurembergTrials.
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⚠️Please mind the #Netiquette: ⚠️
As this is a devisive and contentious subject:
Ad hominem attacks,...
…Türk said he was "profoundly disturbed" by the #sanctions & called for their "prompt reconsideration & withdrawal".
The 4 judges named are ALL #women: Solomy Balungi Bossa of Uganda, Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza of Peru, Reine Adelaide Sophie Alapini Gansou of Benin, & Beti Hohler of Slovenia.
The #ICC has responded in a stmnt, saying it "deplores" the sanctions, which were "a clear attempt to undermine" its #independence.
#Trump #law #judiciary #democracy #authoritarianism #misogyny
The #UN's #HumanRights chief has demanded the #US government withdraw #sanctions it imposed on 4 #judges at the #InternationalCriminalCourt (#ICC).
#VolkerTürk said in a stmnt that "attacks against judges" run directly counter to "respect for the rule of #law & the equal protection of the law – values for which the US has long stood".
Secy of #State #MarcoRubio announced the sanctions on Thurs, for what he described as the "illegitimate" targeting of #Israel & the US.
bbc.com/news/articles/ce80pl1x…
UN human rights chief calls for US to withdraw sanctions on ICC judges
Volker Turk's intervention comes after the US sanctioned four judges over "illegitimate" targeting of Israel and the US.Yang Tian (BBC News)
#Trump imposes #sanctions on four #ICC #judges in unprecedented [outrageous] move
Trump's admin on Thursday imposed sanctions on four judges at the #InternationalCriminalCourt, an unprecedented retaliation over the war tribunal's issuance of an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu & a past decision to open a case into alleged #WarCrimes by #US troops in #Afghanistan.
