‘Appalling’: ICC president says threats, sanctions put court in jeopardy

For many victims, 'a world without the ICC is inconceivable,' Judge Tomoko Akane says [File: Eva Plevier/Pool via AP/ANP]

The president of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has warned that attacks on the tribunal, which have come largely from Washington and Moscow, “jeopardise its very existence”.

Addressing ICC members in The Hague at an annual conference on Monday, ICC President Tomoko Akane said the court faced “coercive measures, threats, pressure and acts of sabotage” without naming the United States and Russia.