ICC slams US decision to sanction the court’s president and a senior prosecution lawyer

The International Criminal Court has criticized new U.S. sanctions on its senior staff as a “flagrant attack” on its independence. The U.S. State Department announced sanctions Tuesday against ICC president Tomoko Akane and senior trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye, freezing their assets in U.S. jurisdictions. The Trump administration accuses the ICC of overstepping its mandate by investigating officials…