BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Monday that the international legal order was under “assault” and the bloc was looking at options for supporting the International Criminal Court.

The U.S. imposed sanctions on six judges and three prosecutors at the ICC earlier this year, including its chief prosecutor who stepped aside temporarily in May amid a United Nations investigation into alleged sexual misconduct. Washington is also considering sanctions against the entire court.

Speaking at the College of Europe, a university based in Bruges, Kallas said “a broad assault is going on against the international legal order, human rights, internationally agreed norms, and the institutions we have established to enforce them.”

She said the EU had a long and

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