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One of Trump's most contentious sanctions decisions remains firmly in place: the use of measures usually reserved for dictators and terrorists against the staff of the International Criminal Court.

Why hasnt Biden reversed one of Trumps most controversial sanctions orders? Adam Taylor, The Washington Post March 4, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail It didnt take long for President Joe Biden to reverse many of former president Donald Trumps most controversial foreign policy decisions. Newly appointed U.N. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield listed a number of those rollbacks as evidence that "America is back at the table." The United States is "recommitting to defending democracy and human rights a...

SHARE After months of deliberation, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has elected a new chief prosecutor. Karim Khan becomes only the third prosecutor in the Courts history. The British national’s appointment comes at a crucial, difficult and promising time for the institution. He will have his work cut out for him for a variety of reasons, but he has many strengths to draw upon as he attempts to navigate through difficult political and legal waters in the coming months and years. Mr Kh...

ICC investigations: what prosecutor Bensouda leaves behind 26 January 2021By Janet H. Anderson, our correspondent in The Hague Last December, the International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda announced the list of countries her office had set as priorities. Which preliminary examinations are prolonged as such, which ones are turned into full investigations, and which ones are closed. An exercise that raises worthy debates even though it doesn’t answer what this preliminary stage is ...