Icc Will Continue 'undeterred' After Us Threats theguardian.com

The international criminal court (ICC) will continue to investigate war crimes “undeterred” by the Trump administration’s threat of sanctions against its judges, the Hague-based organisation has declared.

Responding to a firebrand speech by the US national security adviser, John Bolton, the United Nations-backed court said it would not be intimidated or dissuaded from its global mission.

Bolton’s attack, delivered in Washington on Monday, opens a fresh front in the war between the doctrine of American exceptionalism and the UN-supported, international legal order.

If the ICC proceeds with launching an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by US military and intelligence staff during the war in Afghanistan or pursues any investigation into Israel or other US allies, Bolton warned, the US would impose sanctions against the court and, where possible, prosecute its officials.