By MOLLY QUELL, Associated Press

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The president of the International Criminal Court said during the institution’s annual meeting Monday that it will not bow to pressure from the United States and Russia.

Related Articles

Nine staff members, including six judges and the court’s chief prosecutor, have been sanctioned by U.S. President Donald Trump for pursuing investigations into U.S. and Israeli officials, while Moscow has issued warrants for staff in response to an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin over the war in Ukraine.

“We never accept any kind of pressure,” Judge Tomoko Akane told delegations from the court’s 125 member states.

The sanctions have taken their toll on the court’s work across a broad array of investigations at a time when the i

See Full Page