Hague official hits out at global silence over ‘ill-wishers’

Silence from the global community on a “direct assault” on the international criminal justice system by “ill-wishers” is not tactical and sends the wrong signal, the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) chief prosecutor has warned.

Such a silence permits authors of such policies to believe they have free reign to proceed unchecked and allows the unthinkable to become the new normal, ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has warned.