Nobel peace laureate calls US sanctions on International Criminal Court 'unacceptable'

Jurist and former UN rights chief Navi Pillay , the winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, on Saturday called sanctions announced by the US on the International Criminal Court (ICC) “unheard of” and “unacceptable”. “There is so much tension and anxiety over the continued existence of international courts, mainly the International Criminal Court in The Hague,” Pillay said via video link from Nuremberg during an event at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, lamenting “there are hundreds of staff who feel they are under threat”. “Most importantly, sanctions have been announced by one country…