UN rights chief urges protection of ICC officials after new US sanctions – Middle East Monitor

The UN human rights chief on Thursday said the imposition by the US of further sanctions on judges and deputy prosecutors of the International Criminal Court (ICC) should prompt the international community to take measures to protect them, Anadolu reports.

“The relentless intensification of US reprisals against international institutions and their personnel must stop,” Volker Turk said in a statement.

He stressed that sanctioning judges and prosecutors at…