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UNITED NATIONS, June 12 (Xinhua) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed concern over U.S. sanctions against four International Criminal Court (ICC) judges, his deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said on Wednesday.
“The Secretary-General expresses grave concern that four judges of the International Criminal Court have been targeted for sanctions pursuant to an executive order by the US President,” he said.
While the UN and the ICC are separate organizations with separate and distinct mandates, the UN considers the ICC a key pillar of international criminal justice and the secretary-general respects its work, Haq said at a daily briefing.
A. Guterres also stressed the importance of the basic principle of independence of the judiciary, he said.
Last week, Washington imposed sanctions on four International Criminal Court judges for their involvement in ICC actions against the United States or Israel, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement. –0–