Election Of ICC War Crimes Prosecutor Hits Snag Amid U.S. Sanctions
By Our Reporter
The
process of electing a War Crimes prosecutor for the International Criminal
Court (ICC) has hit a snag after Washington’s decision to impose financial
sanctions on the chief prosecutor of the
ICC overshadowing the search for her successor, with countries deadlocked over
a post that has new visibility as the target of American anger.
The
court’s 123 member countries are due to meet in New York on December 7, 2020,
when they are meant to pick a successor for Fatou Bensouda, the court’s Gambian
chief prosecutor whose term expires in June.
A
shortlist of four candidates has been drawn up for the nine-year term, narrowed
down from a list of 14 by a panel of diplomats and experts.
But
in a letter, the court’s oversight body wrote to inform members that none ...