US sanctions ICC after Nobel award to Navi Pillay
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France 24 English reports the Trump administration imposed sweeping sanctions on the ICC hours after Navi Pillay received the Nobel Peace Prize.
France 24 English reports the Trump administration imposed sweeping sanctions on the ICC hours after Navi Pillay received the Nobel Peace Prize. [1]
Pillay, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and judge on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, called the sanctions "a violation of the international rule of law" and "unacceptable" political interference in judicial work. [1]
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- US sanctions on ICC are 'a shock' and 'unacceptable,' Nobel peace laureate Navi Pillay says
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