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In an interview with FRANCE 24, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay described the US sanctions imposed on the International Criminal Court (ICC) hours after her award as "a shock" and "unacceptable". The South African judge also defended the UN commission of inquiry she chaired which concluded that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza: "We didn't come to that conclusion lightly." Rejecting claims that the ICC targets Africa, she said "the court is not selective".
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Speaking to FRANCE 24 from The Hague, the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, who sat as a judge on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, called the move "a violation of the international rule of law".
"It's unacceptable for politicians to interfere in the work of judges, in the judiciary," Pillay said, adding that she had travelled to The Hague to show "solidarity" with the ICC's staff.
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