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April 03, 2021 - The US State Department announced the lifting of sanctions against the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensoud, and his staff, which had been decreed by Donald Trump after an investigation was initiated by of the Court on alleged war crimes by US forces in Afghanistan.
Last month, the Hague tribunal opened a similar investigation into Israel's actions in the Palestinian Territories by Israel and Hamas, a move that has further angered the United States.
Biden had promised to lift sanctions during the election campaign, but had so far delayed it at the request of Israel, which was attempting to block an ICC investigation into the situation in the West Bank and Gaza.
US Secretary of State Tony Blinken said the decision reflects the Biden administration's assessment that the measures taken by the Trump administration were inappropriate and ineffective.
Blinken added that reservations about these cases will be better addressed through engagement with the CPI, rather than sanctions.
"We continue to strongly disagree with the ICC's actions relating to the situation in Afghanistan and Palestine. We maintain our longstanding objection to the Court's efforts to assert jurisdiction over the personnel of countries that do not recognize the Court such as the United States and Israel. "Blinken continued.