nation's sovereignty and defend our national security interests and those of our allies the international criminal court's efforts to investigate and prosecute americans are inconsistent with fundamental principles of international law and the practice of international courts as the executive order notes the united states is not a party to the rome statute that created the i.c.c. nor have we ever accepted its jurisdiction over our personnel that is why our nation and this administration will not allow american citizens who have served our country to be subjected to illegitimate investigations instead we expect information about alleged misconduct by our people to be turned over to u.s. authorities so that we could take the appropriate action as we have consistently done so in the past the united states maintains the sovereign right and obligation to properly investigate and address any of our personnel's alleged violations of the laws of war we have a proven record of doing just that through an american justice system that is eminently capable of handling each cases this includes investigating and prosecu

the united states has never been a party to the international criminal court in the hague it says the court does not have the right to put u.s. citizens on trial for alleged crimes against humanity war crimes or genocide but the trumpet ministration has gone further calling the i.c.c. corrupt ineffective and biased we cannot we will not stand by as our people are threatened by a kangaroo court. on thursday it imposed new sanctions on all i.c.c. officials investigating the behavior of us forces and cia operatives in afghanistan it gives us no joy to punish them but we cannot allow i.c.c. officials and their families to come the united states to shop travel and otherwise or joy american freedoms as these same officials think to prosecute the defender of those very freedoms the united states maintains the sovereign right and obligation to properly investigate and address any of our personnel's allegedly violations of the laws of war the new sanctions follow washington's decision last year to revoke the travel visa of the i.c.c. chief prosecutor found to bensouda she's been pushing for th

imposes sanctions against the international criminal court targeting its lawyers investigated suspected would crimes in afghanistan what's behind president donald trump's move this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm iran can the united states is facing criticism around the world for its latest threats against the international criminal court president donald trump has signed an executive order sanctioning the i.c.c. staff and their families the u.s. which is not a member of the hague based tribunal is angry at investigations into suspected war crimes in afghanistan that could implicate its soldiers the i.c.c. called the sanctions an unprecedented attack rights groups are worried about the potential impact on international justice will bring in our guest in a moment but 1st roslyn jordan has this report from washington d.c. . the united states has never been a party to the international criminal court in the hague it says the court does not have the right to put u.s. citizens on trial for alleged crimes against humanity war crimes or genocide but the trumpet ministrati

has worked with the international criminal court the obama administration assisted in i.c.c. investigations including helping to expose human rights abuses in sudan's darfur region but now things are different. trump's beef with the international criminal court is an investigation that was greenlit in march the world's only standing war crimes tribunal is looking into alleged misconduct by u.s. troops in afghanistan the probe zeroes in on crimes against humanity including torture rape and other alleged misdeeds by american forces during the war in afghanistan and at cia interrogation facilities in countries including poland lithuania and romania all who are i.c.c. member states following this precedent the us could also be investigated for similar crimes in iraq and for assisting saudi arabia and its brutal yemen campaign currently the i.c.c. has $123.00 member countries including major u.s. allies such as the united kingdom france and canada even with friends on board the latest investigation seems to have irritated the trumpet ministration to the point where it's lashing out

the united states has never been a party to the international criminal court in the hague it says the court does not have the right to put u.s. citizens on trial for alleged crimes against humanity war crimes or genocide but the trumpet ministration has gone further calling the i.c.c. corrupt ineffective and biased we cannot we will not stand by as our people are threatened by a kangaroo court. on thursday it imposed new sanctions on all i.c.c. officials investigating the behavior of us forces and cia operatives in afghanistan it gives us no joy to punish them but we cannot allow i.c.c. officials and their families to come the united states to shop travel and otherwise or joy american freedoms as these same officials seek to prosecute the defender of those very freedoms the united states maintains the sovereign right and obligation to properly investigate and address any of our personnel's allegedly violations of the laws of war the new sanctions follow washington's decision last year to revoke the travel visa of the i.c.c. chief prosecutor failed to bensouda she's been pushing for th

will authorize economic sanctions against members of the international criminal court for what he calls a record of botched prosecutions and poor judgment. mark esper andry attorney general william barr joined him when he made the announcement. ay, this is just under 20 minutes. good morning, everyone. thank you for joining me today, two days in a row. and thanks to secretary esper, attorney general barr and ambassador or national security o'brien for being with me on this important occasion as many of you know. i have an important affection for our service men and women. i'm a veteran myself, and here's a scenario that i think about a lot. imagine american soldiers, airmen, marine, or intelligence officers on leave because of -- with his or her family, maybe on a beach in europe. and over the course of two decades or more this soldier defended america. then suddenly that vacation turns into a nightmare. the european country's national police takes that soldier into custody detaining him or her on politically motivated charges, a prison sentence abroad is a distinct possibility. a spous

the international criminal court has slammed washington for sanctioning the organizations saying the court is effectively the last hope for the victims of atrocities. an attack on the i.c.c. represents an attack against the interests of victims of atrocity crimes for many of whom the court represents the last hope for justice the u.s. secretary of state might pump a 09 sanctions in response to upright been to u.s. war crimes in afghanistan he also gave a speech to my son time dedicated to the greatness and exceptionalism of the united states reports. donald trump has announced that sanctions are being imposed on the international criminal court it's being alleged that the institution violates the sovereignty of the united states trump ministrations taking the following actions. first we're authorizing the imposition of economic sanctions against i.c.c. officials directly engaged in i.c.c. efforts to investigate u.s. personnel or allied personnel against that allied states consent and against others who material support such officials activities instead of having the international crim

the coronavirus this resulted in one of the highest mortality rates in europe and the international criminal court slams washington from closing sanctions on it launching an investigation into u.s. war crimes in afghanistan. hello good afternoon you watch nasa international where she's called want to talk more sco protesters in the newly formed autonomy zone in seattle are considering their next move having seize control of the area after it was abandoned by police president trump has threatened to send in beyond me if the local authorities fail to resolve the matter. we're not going to let this happen and if we have to go in we're going to go and to go there is you going to do it but to go to do it he's got great national guard troops to iraq you can do it but one way or the other it's going to get done and these people are not going to occupy a major portion of a great city our president wants to tell a story about domestic terrorists who have a radical agenda and are promoting a conspiracy and fitz's law and order initiatives it's simply not true the threat to invade seattle to divide and incit

this is live from berlin the ministration international criminal court the u.s. president approves sanctions on any court officials investigating u.s. troops for alleged war crimes in afghanistan also coming up syrians take to the streets in a rare antigovernment protests the prime minister is sacked as public. country's economic crisis. and criminal charges in the largest ever all still more than 20000 tons of fuel leaked into waterways near the world's most northern city greenpeace compares the spillage to the exxon valdez disaster 3 decades ago in alaska. i'm told me a lot of well welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump has authorized sanctions against international criminal court staff investigating possible u.s. war crimes in afghanistan in retaliation for the probe the administration will block assets of court employees and put visa restrictions on them and their families a count of corruption investigation into the i.c.c. is also in the works secretary of state. the court questioning its credibility. we cannot we will not stand by as our people

president donald trump has authorized sanctions against international criminal court staff investigating possible u.s. war crimes in afghanistan in retaliation for the probe the administration will block assets of court employees and put visa restrictions on them and their families an anti corruption investigation into the i.c.c. is also in the works secretary of state mike palm peo has lashed out at the court. we cannot we will not stand by as our people are threatened by a kangaroo court and indeed i have a message to many close allies around the world your people could be next especially those from nato countries who fought terrorism afghanistan right alongside of us earlier i spoke to un special rapporteur on torture kneels nessa and i asked him if the trumpet ministrations decision to impose sanctions on the international criminal court surprised him well unfortunately i must say that i'm not surprised because obviously such people persist in trying to have made similar statements before. i think it was extremely disappointing to see that there are actually 4 will only knock on the

news live from berlin the trumpet ministration hits out at the international criminal court u.s. president approves sanctions on any court officials investigating you and u.s. troops and the secretary of state warns the i.c.c. to stop alleged u.s. war crimes in afghanistan also coming up criminal charges in the optics largest ever all spill more than 20000 tons of fuel leaked into waterways near the world's most northerly city greenpeace compares the spillage to the exxon valdez disaster 3 decades ago in alaska. plus thailand's elephants at risk of starvation a sharp drop in tourism means hundreds of handlers have no income and no way to feed their animals. until the allotted welcome u.s. president donald trump has authorized sanctions against international criminal court staff investigating possible war u.s. war crimes in afghanistan in retaliation for the probe the administration will block assets of court employees and put visa restrictions on them and their families a count of corruption investigation into the i.c.c. is also in the works secretary of state mike compare has la

meanwhile authorized sanctions against international criminal court staff investigating possible u.s. war crimes in afghanistan in retaliation for the probe the administration will block assets of court employees and put these restrictions on them and their families an anti corruption investigation into the i.c.c. is also in the works secretary of state might bump a 0 has lashed out at the core we cannot we will not stand by as our people are threatened by a kangaroo court and indeed i have a message to many close allies around the world your people could be next especially those from nato countries who fight terrorism in afghanistan right alongside of us correspondent. is following european reaction for this and joins us now from brussels so mike says the i.c.c. afghan investigations threaten washington and nato why. the threat in this regard is a strong. because the court is still in its very early stages in the examination into alleged war crimes in afghanistan and the court is not only probing the american army but also the taliban the afghan army and other wallets involved in the

president told trump is imposing sanctions against the international criminal court officials investigating whether american troops committed war crimes in afghanistan secretary of state might pull pay or says washington won't allow americans to be threatened by the court for a time it looked like the icy might do the right thing and kill the investigation. last spring the preacher chambered unanimously rejected the prosecutor's request to open the investigation but unfortunately then in the spring in march the appeals chamber overturned that sound judgment and gave a green light to the current investigation effectively eliminating constraints on the prosecutor's office ability to launch new investigations of americans in the future. we cannot we will not stand by as our people are threatened by a kangaroo court and indeed i have a message to many close allies around the world your people could be next wasn't jordan has more from washington d.c. . forcing your troubled ministration officials stood before reporters at the state department on thursday and accuse the international criminal cou

threatens the international criminal court with sanctions over an investigation into alleged war crimes in afghanistan the mass graves are found in a libyan city that was a stronghold of warlord khalifa haftar and we go inside an intensive care units battling coronavirus in mexico where exhausted medical workers are getting infected at record rates. close think you for joining us a crew of virus is of racing through the african continent infections have doubled to 200000 in less than 3 weeks and the outbreak is now spreading from urban centers into the hinterlands where medical services already stretched the world health organization is warning that cases will continue to rise until a vaccine is filed the agency says 75 percent of the continent's infections have been recorded in just 10 days a quarter of those infections are in south africa but the western cape region including cape town the hardest hit overall more than $5000.00 people have died across the continent the u.n. says a lack of testing kits remains a big problem al jazeera has admitted wrists has our report it took 90 days

this is the news live from berlin the trumpet ministration hits out at the international criminal court the u.s. president approves sanctions on any court officials investigating us troops for alleged. war crimes in afghanistan also coming up. criminal charges in the optics largest ever oil spill more than 20000 tons of fuel leaked into waterways near the world's most northerly city greenpeace compares the spillage c.b.x. on the valdez disaster 3 decades ago in alaska. a lot of people welcome to the program u.s. president donald trump has authorized sanctions against international criminal court staff investigating possible u.s. war crimes in afghanistan in retaliation for the probe the administration will block assets of court employees and visa restrictions on them and their families a counter corruption investigation into the i.c.c. is also in the works secretary of state mike compare has lashed out at the court questioning its credibility. as our people are threatened by a kangaroo court and indeed i have a message to many close allies around the world your people could be next espe

is calling for more testing kits president trump puzzled why sanctions against the international criminal court officials investigating u.s. conduct in afghanistan secretary of state my pompei are says they won't allow threats from what he called a kangaroo court for a time it looked like the i.c. might do the right thing and kill the investigation. but last spring the pretrial chamber unanimously rejected the prosecutor's request to open the investigation but unfortunately then in the spring in march the appeals chamber overturned that sound judgment and gave a green light to the current investigation effectively eliminating constraints on the prosecutor's office ability to launch new investigations of americans in the future we cannot we will not stand by as our people are threatened by a kangaroo court and indeed i have a message to many close allies around the world your people could be next multiple mass graves have been discovered in libya in areas recently retaken from forces loyal to the ward cleaver after the un recognized government says the graves contain the remains of its soldiers.

the international criminal court's efforts to prosecute and investigate americans are inconsistent with fundamental principles of international law and the practice of international courts. as the executive order notes the united states is not a party to the wrong statute that created the icy, nor have we ever accepted its jurisdiction over our personnel. that is why our nation and this administration will not allow american citizens who have served our country to be subjected to illegitimate investigations. instead we expect information about alleged misconduct about our people to be turned over to u.s. authorities so that we could take the appropriate action as we have consistently done so in the past. the united states maintains the sovereign right and obligation to properly investigate and address any of our personnel's alleged violations of the laws of war. we have a proven record of doing just that through an american justice system imminently capable of handling each case. this includes investigating and prosecuting the alleged abuse of detainees and any other misconduct. ultimat

threatens the international criminal court with sanctions over an investigation into alleged war crimes in afghanistan the mass graves are found in a libyan city that was the stronghold of warlord khalifa haftar. and playing in perfect harmony isolated musicians around the world come together for the performance of a lifetime. the welcome to the program coronaviruses racing through the african continent infections have doubled to 200000 in less than 3 weeks and the outbreak is now spreading from urban centers into the hinterlands with medical services already stretched the world health organization is warning that cases will continue to rise until a vaccine is found. dead risk reports. it took 90 days for africa to reach 100000 corona virus infections and only 19 to pass the 200000 mark the world health organization says infections in africa and i was spreading fast from urban to rural communities those areas don't have adequate access to health care or awareness of preventive measures one of the biggest challenges we face in the response continues to be there of supplies but equally te

couldn't seize this 15 year old was marked by political violence and of withdrawal from the international criminal court let's bring in the caravan developer from the international crisis group thank you for joining us what do you make of his legacy how would you describe his legacy hey good afternoon came. we saw the president came into office in 2005 to bring nice long and bloody civil war and he then took the country on a political path which was a good development but his popularity quickly declined as of 2015 when he saw it and won a contest a 3rd term you saw that after the period political space in the country closed there were human rights violations committed was very difficult for international and national media to operate and he basically. plunged me into a protected economic and political crisis what. his legacy the fact that at the end of his term he was willing to step down ok what role did he play a jar in the head the country's civil war. so he was one of the main rebel leaders of the hutu he was one of the main hutu rebel leaders during the civil war but at the end he was willing to ch

the international court of the the job of prosecuting war crimes and genocide is not being punished by the us president donald trump is imposing sanctions on officials from the international criminal court because of their investigation into the actions of u.s. soldiers in afghanistan this was secretary of state might pump air making the announcement for a time it looked like the i.c. might do the right thing and kill the investigation but last spring the prieto chamber unanimously rejected the prosecutor's request to open the investigation but unfortunately then in the spring in march the appeals chamber overturned that sound judgment and gave a green light to the current investigation effectively eliminating constraints on the prosecutor's office ability to launch new investigations of americans in the future. we cannot we will not stand by as our people are threatened by a kangaroo court and indeed i have a message to many close allies around the world your people could be next the united nations has reacted to president trump's executive order we've taken note with concern reports of the executive order authorizing sanctions against certain individuals at the international cri

well, we're delighted to have you on at this very sensitive time for the international criminal courtld trump has declared your court an extraordinary threat to the united states of america. you are locked in conflict with the world's most powerful nation. how damaging is that for the court? we look at it in terms of — from the perspective of what this court was established to do. this court was established as a place of last resort where victims of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, victims of the crime of aggression can go in the last resort to look for justice, access to justice for them. when that access to justice has become unavailable or was unavailable anywhere else at a national level, that is what this court was established to do. but you can't be an effective court of last resort or, indeed, any resort of the united states of america, the most powerful nation on earth still, refuses not just to recognise your legitimacy, but now, go so far as to impose sanctions on top officials at the court, not letting them into the united states and talking about imposing fin

has great antipathy towards even the idea of the international criminal court bill clinton. as president helped to negotiate the rome statute of the international criminal court made sure that its provisions particularly to go after countries for wars of aggression he made sure that those provisions were weak that the i.c.c. was weak and then the fact out of the i.c.c. altogether the u.s. is not even a party to the u.s. also does not sign on to as you talk about the book the convention of the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women nearly every country has signed on to it but not the u.s. as that same reasoning behind the eyes if they are why isn't the sign on to the. well the us in this case has a very specific reason because that convention requires equal pay for equal work of course as we know the u.s. does not have legal protection for equal pay for equal work we know in practice women make a fraction of what men do for the same work and so the u.s. didn't want to sign on to a convention that would require it to fix that problem yeah you're discuss in you

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you can understand, because we, as european union, we are steadfast supporters of the international criminal court. >> he said the court must be respected and supported by all nations. >>> as protesters in the u.s. continue to rally against racial injustice and police brutality, more footage of police using force is coming to light. we need to warn you that you may find some of the video disturbing. demonstrators marched peacefully in new york and other cities, demanding change. their calls come as videos of apparent police violence continue to emerge almost two weeks after george floyd, an unarmed black man, was killed while in police custody. earlier this week police released body cam video of another man's arrest of 2019 that echoed floyd's. officers repeatedly fire stun guns at the man as he says, i can't breathe. they were being filmed by the pop lart reality tv show "live pd." >>> paramount network dropped a similar long running show called "cops." meanwhile the u.s. president is dismissing calls to defund the police which would involve divestingoney from police and reinvestst i reinvestingg

president donald trump has ordered sanctions against any official at the international criminal court. to investigate us troops this from sept the pressure to stop the case. into alleged warar crimes by. us troops in afghanistan. france's finance minister is that encouraging businesses and workers to speed up that return to normal levels of activity in the man's's already announced tuesday packagages w worth twenty three billion euros for the aviation and the auto industry's how business at and it's a great movie will be with us- but that's and more on how the french economy is expected to contract by 11% in twenty twenty so you know okay. thank you for being with. us army general qamar mark milley said the nation's top military officer- brother he is the nation's top of the draft he says he was wrong to accompany president donald trump in a walk through lafayette square that ended in a photo opportunity at a vandalized church. trump pose with a bible outside st john'n's episcopal chururch on june the full stuff peaceful group of protesters whose dispersed with tear gas by the police.

prosecutors at the international criminal court -- former ivory coast president on charges of crime against amenenity. welcome back to the newsroom. the world health organization has recorded its highest one day increase in cases of coronavirus. in thousand have been added one day with most coming from brazil. this as latin america has surpassed 2 million cases. brazil being home to more than half of those infections. cases of covid-19 titicking above the 2 million mk in latin america and the caribbean, in brazil, the hardest hit, hundreds taking to the streets of the capital. most wearing masks to protest residentnt bolsonaro's handlingf ththe crisis. second to thee world, brazilil s recorded one million cases and 50,000 deaths. brazazil is followed by mexico, peru and chile in the number of covid cases. 4000uela, with less than cases and a population of 30 million had a spike in infections prompting the vice president to annonounce radical new measures including the closure of pharrell ways and restrictioions on traffic. [speaking spanish] argentina, which had early success in stopping th