# United Nations human rights chief, Volker Turk, has demanded the United States lift sanctions it imposed on four International Criminal Court judges, saying they were contrary to the rule of law. Judges Beti Hohler of Slovenia and Reine Alapini-Gansou of Benin took part in proceedings that led to an arrest warrant issued for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Judges Luz del Carmen Ibanez Carranza of Peru and Solomy Balungi Bossa of Uganda, were part of the proceedings authorising an investigation into allegations that US forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan.
UN demands that US lift sanction on International Criminal Court judges