Fatou Bensouda, ICC Prosecutor. Shutterstock.com / Mike Chappazo The Biden administration has also announced sweeping new sanctions on Russia over cyberattacks and have pledged to cooperate with China on tackling climate change. On repealing the ICC sanctions, US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, said his government recognised the need for dialogue and ‘engagement with all stakeholders in the ICC process.’ However, Blinken said the US continues to ‘disagree strongly’ with the investigations into Afghanistan and Pakistan. Luis Moreno Ocampo was the ICC’s first prosecutor from 2003-2012. He says his successor’s unwavering resolve to take on cases against global powers, like the US, has made her an all too obvious target. ‘She had to do what she had to do and, of course, when you investigate someone, you are not popular with these people,’ he tells