The ICC condemns US sanctions against its president

South Africa

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Defenders of the Court's independence · 4 of 8 countries

Pretoria relays without hesitation the Court's own response to unprecedented American pressure on a judicial institution meant to remain independent.

Bangladesh

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Defenders of the Court's independence · 4 of 8 countries

Dhaka reads the US sanctions as a dangerous precedent for the multilateral legal order on which smaller states depend no less than great powers.

United States

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Washington, alone in justifying the measure · 1 of 8 countries

Washington determines: the ICC is a "corrupt and deeply politicized" tribunal that has "overstepped its mandate," the State Department argues, while the American press is divided on the legitimacy of the offensive.

France

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Defenders of the Court's independence · 4 of 8 countries

Paris assesses the cost to its own magistrates: as a founding state of the Rome Statute, France already counts one judge sanctioned—Nicolas Guillou—before Washington targets the presidency of the Court itself.

Japan

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Tokyo, between national solidarity and strategic alliance · 1 of 8 countries

Tokyo weighs diplomatic balance as US sanctions target its nationals leading the ICC, caught between its Washington alliance and commitment to international justice.

Nigeria

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Relay without national position · 2 of 8 countries

Abuja reports fresh US sanctions against the ICC president without connecting the measure to the long-standing continental debate over Africa's relationship with the Hague court and its geographic selectivity.

Singapore

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Relay without national position · 2 of 8 countries

Singapore reports without its own commentary on the confrontation between Washington and the International Criminal Court, with its two major newspapers reproducing press releases without adding any national position.

Turkey

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Defenders of the Court's independence · 4 of 8 countries

Ankara condemns the fresh American sanctions against the ICC president and judicial independence, yet keeps its own diplomatic stance notably absent from the response.