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International Criminal Court hopes for ‘new phase’ as Biden lifts Trump sanctions on prosecutor probing Israel and USA

Fatou Bensouda – confidence inspiring not.

The International Criminal Court welcomed US President Joe Biden’s lifting of sanctions imposed by former US president Donald Trump on the tribunal’s prosecutor, saying it signalled a new era of cooperation with Washington.

The Trump administration imposed the financial sanctions and a visa ban on Fatou Bensouda and another senior court official last year after she launched an investigation into alleged war crimes by US military personnel in Afghanistan.

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