European Union officials, including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa have reaffirmed the EU’s support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday in response to US sanctions on four ICC judges. Slovenia, home to one of the sanctioned judges, has further asked Brussels to use the EU’s Extraterritoriality (Blocking) statute to prohibit EU operators from complying with the sanctions without special authorization.

According to Costa and von der Leyen , the EU and the European Commission strongly support the ICC. Costa called the court “a cornerstone of international justice,” and noted that it “does not stand against nations—it stands against impunity. We must protect its independence

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