Fatou Bensouda, prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, called on Friday 29 May for the EU and its Member States to support her institution.
While her office is subject to criticism and threats, particularly from the US administration, regarding the ICC’s actions in Afghanistan and Palestine (see EUROPE B12231A22), “it is important that the EU maintains and strengthens its support for the Court”, she told the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights.
“We will...