
美國政府宣佈制裁國際刑事法院(ICC),ICC院長赤根智子發表聲明強烈譴責,稱此舉是對國際法治的攻擊,並強調法院將秉持獨立公正原則,不會向外部威脅屈服。
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國際刑事法院依據《羅馬規約》成立,旨在追究國際社會關注的嚴重罪行。美國並非《羅馬規約》締約國,長期以來對該法院的管轄權持保留態度。
美國政府9日宣佈制裁國際刑事法院(ICC),該法院表示「強烈拒絕」美國的制裁,院長赤根智子(Akane Tomoko)在聲明中表示,該法院不向外部威脅屈服。
國際刑事法院和院長赤根智子9日發表聲明指出,美國對該機構的制裁「史無前例」,是「對法治和國際法律秩序根基的攻擊,衝擊無人能凌駕於法律之上的基本原則」;這項制裁意在阻撓司法正義,干擾法院運作,「恫嚇為法院工作或與法院合作者」,也是對創立ICC的主權國家和暴行受害者的攻擊。
赤根智子在聲明中表示,ICC「不會退縮」,「不向只會讓犯下最嚴重罪行者得利的外部威脅屈服」,法院將繼續充分履行其職責,秉持獨立與公正原則,僅依法律與證據行事。
她說,創立ICC所根據的《羅馬規約》(Rome Statute)是一項集體承諾,要使國際社會關切的嚴重罪行絕不能逍遙法外,呼籲各國採取具體行動,包括確保法院持續擁有執行其職責所需資源與手段,「這不僅是為了捍衛單一機構,更是為了維護以法治為基礎的國際秩序」。她說,「現在我們所有人都必須在強權即公理的世界,或者基於法治的未來之間選擇」。

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