ICC says US sanctions on its president ‘undermine the rule of law’

US sanctions on top members of the International Criminal Court “undermine the rule of law,” the court says in a statement after Washington imposed sanctions on its president.

“When judicial actors are threatened for applying the law, it is the international legal order itself that is placed at risk,” the court says in a statement sent to reporters.

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