The International Criminal Court has said it will continue to provide justice and hope to the victims of atrocities, after Donald Trump signed an order to impose US sanctions on its staff. The court said it stood firmly by its personnel. Mr Trump signed the order during a visit by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces an ICC arrest warrant for alleged war crimes in Gaza. We hear reaction from the former ICC chief prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo. Also in the programme: we visit the border between Thailand and Myanmar and a strange city built on scams; and what whale song and language learning have in common. (Photo: Trump previously sanctioned ICC officials during his first term in office in 2020. Credit: Getty Images)
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we're covering the row over international justice
as the International Criminal Court urges the world to stand up for fundamental human rights.
That's in response to new sanctions from Donald Trump against its officials.
The underlying issue, of course, the ICC's arrest warrants for the leaders of Israel.
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First up today, the International Criminal Court has condemned sanctions against it introduced by Donald Trump.
The U.S.
president has authorized economic
and travel sanctions targeting people who work on ICC investigations into anything to do with the US and its allies,
especially Israel.
The ICC is a permanent court based in the Hague that can prosecute individuals for war crimes,
crimes against humanity, and genocide.
Among those who stood in its dock is the former Bosnian Serb leader Ratko Mladic.