Recalling an Arab country... ElBaradei comments on America's sanctions against the International Criminal Court

(CNN) - The former Egyptian Vice President and former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, criticized the US administration’s announcement of imposing sanctions aimed at “paralyzing” the International Criminal Court.

This came in a blog post by ElBaradei on his page on the

He continued: “For the United States, members of its armed forces who are in foreign countries (remember Iraq!) should enjoy immunity from the oversight of the international criminal justice system. One wonders: Who is the rogue state here?!”

On Friday, the US administration announced new sanctions on the International Criminal Court, the body established in 2002 to try individuals accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.

The International Criminal Court condemned this step and considered it “an attack on the rule of law and the fundamental foundations of the international legal system.” It also called on other countries to support the court and stressed that its work will continue.

In a joint statement, the foreign ministers of Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom reaffirmed their “continued and unwavering” support for the court.