ICC calls on members to stand 'united for justice' following Trump sanctions

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00:00Hundreds protested on Tuesday in Washington against a visit by Israeli Prime Minister

00:05Benjamin Netanyahu.

00:06We are also here to demand that our government comply with international arrest warrants

00:12by the ICC and the ICJ.

00:15The U.S. is not an ICC member state, it therefore has no legal obligation to arrest Netanyahu.

00:22And while the Israeli Prime Minister was still in Washington, Donald Trump chose to attack

00:27the ICC, signing an executive order with sanctions.

00:32The order said that the court has opened without a legitimate basis preliminary investigations

00:38concerning personnel of the United States and certain of its allies, including Israel,

00:44and has further abused its power by issuing baseless arrest warrants.

00:49Founded in 2002, the first permanent international criminal court is the heritage of other international

00:56courts set up after World War II, but it has faced criticism.

01:01The various courts established since the 1990s have really convicted vanishingly few people.

01:08The first trial was of a person who recruited child soldiers, but there haven't been very

01:14many cases like that at the ICC.

01:17The EU says Donald Trump's attack on the ICC will undermine the international criminal

01:23justice system.

01:25Previously, the court was weakened when Russian President Vladimir Putin was able to travel

01:30despite an arrest warrant against him.

01:33The international criminal court does not have universal jurisdiction.

01:37The ICC says it stands by its employees after Donald Trump ordered asset freezes and travel

01:44bans against them.

01:46The court said it will continue to carry out its duties, calling on its 125 member states

01:52to remain united for justice.

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