"ICC guarantees work for global crimes and gives voice to victims worldwide” wrote von der Leyen in a post on platform X. "It must be able to proceed to fight global impunity freely. Europe will always advocate justice and respect for global law", she stressed.
Trump's order is seen as a consequence to the Court's decision to issue last November arrest warrants Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and erstwhile defence minister of this country Joawa Galanta for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip.
Netanjahu, Trump's longtime ally, stayed this week First planet leaderWho visited the president of the United States after his inauguration.
Antonio Costa besides criticized Trump's actions, which he felt “undermine the global criminal justice strategy as a whole‘.
Costa and von der Leyen accepted A careful approach to communication with Trump Since his re-election, and so far they have avoided direct confrontation with the president of the United States.
On Thursday, the president of the Council met with the head of the ICC, justice Tomoko Akane, just a fewer hours before Trump signed the executive decree to frost assets and ban travel for ICC workers and their household members, if they were found to be active in an investigation against U.S. citizens and allies of the country.
A high-ranking EU authoritative told POLITICO that Akane of the ICC during the gathering with Costa discussed the expected US sanctions, as well as the ways in which the EU can strengthen its support for the Court.
The authoritative confirmed that although everything Trump says is taken seriously, the EU strategically focuses on reacting only to circumstantial actions, specified as the issue of a Thursday implementing order against the Court.
