US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announces sanctions on the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, as well as one of her top aides, objecting to the continued investigation into US soldiers for alleged war crimes in Afghanistan.
The sanctions include a freeze on assets held in the US or subject to US law and target prosecutor Bensouda and the court’s head of jurisdiction, Phakiso Mochochoko.
Pompeo had previously imposed a travel ban on Bensouda and other tribunal employees because of its investigation into allegations of torture and other crimes by Americans in Afghanistan.
“Today we take the next step, because the ICC continues to target Americans, sadly,” he said.
International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda addresses the 18th session of the ICC Assembly of States Parties in The Hague, December 2, 2019. (Courtesy International Criminal Court)
Bensouda is also currently looking at the possibility of opening a war crimes probe against Israel and Hamas for incidents in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem in past years.
— with agencies
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