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international criminal court IC has
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called on world leaders most especially
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125 member states and Civil Society
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organizations C us all to unite against
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the president of the United States us
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Donald Trump following the executive
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order signed on Thursday by the North
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American president with plans to impose
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sanctions on ICC officials over the
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court arrest warrant issued against
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Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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and his former Defense Minister
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you gance for alleged war crimes in Gaza
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this I in a press release issue few
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minutes ago said that President Donald
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Trump is trying to politicize the
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international Court H it and deny the
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court the freedom to continue to protest
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the rights of millions of victims of war
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crimes and atrocities across the globe
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Donald Trump had on Thursday signed an
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executive order authorizing economic
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sanctions against the international
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IAC the president accused the IC of
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illegitimate and beess actions
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investigations targeting the US and its
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early Israel they H had abused its power
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by issuing an arrest warrant for the
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
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Netanyahu according to a section of the
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executive order the ICC president judge
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tomoko akan on Friday condemned the US
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executive order and Ved to continue
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providing Justice and hope to to
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millions of innocent victims of
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atrocities across the world the UN Human
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Rights office said it deeply regretted
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the US sanctions against the IC and
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called for a reversal of the decision
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Israeli foreign minister gona on Friday
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praised Trump for imposing sanctions on
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the IC calling the cult's actions
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against Israel immoral and
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illegitimate US Secretary of State Mar
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robbio will pay his first visit to the
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Middle East this month the state
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department said late Thursday Rubio will
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attend the Munich security conference
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and then visit Israel the UAE Qatar and
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Saudi Arabia from February 13th through
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18 the executive order grants the US
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president brought powers to impose asset
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freezes and travel bonds against ICC
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staff and their family members if the US
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finds that they are involved in efforts
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to investigate or prosecute citizens of
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the US and certain allies the US action
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against the IC came in response to the
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Court's decision in November to issue
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arrest warrants for Israeli Prime
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Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his
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former Defense Minister y Gand for
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alleged war crimes in Gaza excepts of
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the statement of ICC president judge
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tomoko akane following the issuance of
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the US executive order seeking to impose
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sanctions on the international criminal
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court rates below I note with deep
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regret the issuance by the United States
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of an executive order seeking to impose
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sanctions on the officials of the
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international criminal court IC Court
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have the Court's Independence and its
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impartiality and deprive millions of
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innocent victims of atrocities of
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justice and hope the ICC is a Judicial
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body which performs functions that align
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with the interests of the International
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Community by enforcing and promoting
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universally recognized roles of inter
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national law including the law of armed
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conflicts and human rights law as
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atrocities continue to pled the globe
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affecting the lives of millions of
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innocent children women and men the
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indispensable it represents the most
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significant Legacy of the immense
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suffering inflicted on civilians by the
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world wars the Holocaust genocide
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persecutions when most of the states of
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the world gathered to Dr the Rome
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statute the met the dream of many women
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and men come true today the ICC is
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dealing with proceedings arising from
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different situations across the world in
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strict adherance to the provisions of
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the Rome statute the announced executive
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order is only the latest in a series of
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unprecedented and escalatory attacks
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aiming to undermine the Court's ability
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to administer Justice in all
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situations such threats and coercive m
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just constitute serious attacks against
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the cult States parties the role of
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law-based international order and
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millions of victims the ICC and its
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officials from all over the world
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realized da its judicial mandate to
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determine whether certain individual
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conducts within its legitimate
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jurisdiction give rise to responsibility
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for international crimes we Finly reject
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any attempt to influence the
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independence and the impartiality of the
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court or to politicize our judicial
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function we have and always will comply
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only with the law under all
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circumstances the ICC stands firmly by
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its personnel and pledges to continue
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providing Justice and hope to millions
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of innocent victims of atrocities across
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the world in all situations before it in
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the sole interest of human dignity I
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call upon all those who share the values
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enshrined in the statute to Stand United
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in the Court's defense our
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125 States parties civil society and all
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