Human rights groups across the world have called on US president Joe Biden to reverse an order signed by his predecessor, Donald Trump, imposing sanctions on the prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) – sanctions they described as “a direct attack on the rule of international law”. In an open letter the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) and 56 of its member organisations said the sanctions were designed by the Trump White House specifically “to punish” the ICC for daring to investigate possible war crimes in Afghanistan. readmore