International justice 'can't be erased' despite US sanctions: ICC prosecutor
- The International Criminal Court (ICC) is facing US sanctions since deciding to issue arrest warrants over alleged war crimes in Gaza.
- Mame Mandiaye Niang, the Senegalese magistrate who has been acting head of the ICC's Office of the Prosecutor since his predecessor Karim Khan was forced out, tells RFI that while the Court's resilience is being tested, its existence is not under threat.
- The Hague-based ICC was established in 2002, under an international treaty known as the Rome Statute, to prosecute individuals for the gravest international crimes when national courts are unwilling or unable t
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- The International Criminal Court (ICC) is facing US sanctions since deciding to issue arrest warrants over alleged war crimes in Gaza.
- Mame Mandiaye Niang, the Senegalese magistrate who has been acting head of the ICC's Office of the Prosecutor since his predecessor Karim Khan was forced out, tells RFI that while the Court's resilience is being tested, its existence is not under threat.
- The Hague-based ICC was established in 2002, under an international treaty known as the Rome Statute, to prosecute individuals for the gravest international crimes when national courts are unwilling or unable t
Sources: RFI