US President Joe Biden on Friday revoked sanctions imposed by former US president Donald Trump on the top prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) as the new administration seeks a more cooperative approach, resolving an intense disagreement with European allies.
Then-US secretary of state Mike Pompeo last year denounced the “kangaroo court” in The Hague and imposed financial sanctions and a US visa ban on its Gambian-born chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda.
Pompeo acted after she launched an investigation into alleged war crimes by US military personnel in Afghanistan.
The court in The Hague further annoyed the US by opening an investigation into
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