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Navi Pillay urges US to defend human rights amid ICC sanctions
Navi Pillay urged the United States to defend human rights and return to what she called its traditional role as a global leader.
Pillay, 85, is a Nobel Peace Prize winner and a judge at the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
She spoke after the United States announced sweeping sanctions against the International Criminal Court, where she previously worked.
The sanctions came hours after her Nobel Peace Prize win was announced; Pillay said she believed the timing was not coincidental.
She visited ICC staff to show solidarity with their work and with people who have already faced sanctions.
The US has long opposed the court, including its claim to jurisdiction over some alleged crimes committed by people from non-member countries on the territory of member states.
The sanctions were suspended for six months, with exemptions for some transactions, including telecoms, software and pension payments.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay urged the United States to resume what she called its role as a defender of human rights.
She spoke amid US sanctions targeting the International Criminal Court, where she previously worked.
Pillay said the sanctions’ timing, hours after her Nobel Prize win was announced, could not be coincidental.
The sanctions were suspended for six months and included exemptions for some transactions.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the ICC a “rogue court” and said it would never be allowed to prosecute Americans.
- Who
- Navi Pillay urged the United States to defend human rights. The US government has imposed sanctions targeting the International Criminal Court.
- What
- Pillay called on the US to return to a leadership role in defending human rights, amid sanctions against the ICC.
- When
- Tuesday, October 13; the article says the sanctions were announced on Friday, hours after Pillay’s Nobel Prize win was announced.
- Where
- Pillay spoke in The Hague.
- Why
- Pillay said the US was targeting international criminal justice through the ICC. She said the timing of the sanctions could not be coincidental.
Navi Pillay
US government
Role of the ICC
Navi Pillay
Pillay expressed solidarity with the court’s work promoting international criminal justice.
US government
The US has imposed sanctions targeting the ICC and says it will not allow the court to prosecute Americans.
US leadership
Navi Pillay
Pillay urged the US to return to a role as a defender of human rights and a liberator for the rest of the world.
US government
Rubio called the ICC a “rogue court.
The United States announced sanctions targeting the ICC hours after Pillay was announced as the Nobel Peace Prize winner.
The US sanctions were suspended for six months and included exemptions for some transactions.
Pillay spoke to Reuters in The Hague and urged the US to resume a leadership role in defending human rights.
- Pillay’s age
- 85
- Interview location
- The Hague
- Sanctions suspension
- Six months
- US official
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio
- Sanctions target
- International Criminal Court
What people are saying
You have to get back to playing your serious role as a leader, playing a liberatory role for the rest of the world
I think it's very unfortunate. However, the plans of targeting international criminal justice through the ICC were brewing all the time
rogue court
Sources
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