US sanctions against ICC leadership represent authoritarian suppression of international accountability mechanisms and abuse of state power to obstruct independent judicial processes investigating potential war crimes.
The US has sanctioned International Criminal Court president Tomoko Akane and trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye.
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