#ICC Prosecutor #FatouBensouda on the occasion of the 75 yr anniversary of the #NurembergTrials. Watch video statement ➡️ ⬇️ #justicematters @museen_nbg
#ICC Prosecutor #FatouBensouda: “The legacy of #NurembergTrials is that no one is above the law, no matter how powerful. Atrocities as merely politics by other means must no longer receive a pass in our ethos. Never Again.” #justicematters
#ICC Prosecutor #FatouBensouda: “That legacy is personified through crucial work of my cherished friend @BenFerencz Chief Prosecutor at Einsatzgruppen trial, who is also in many ways one of the founding fathers of ICC & testified in the ICC’s first case decades after Nuremberg.”
#ICC Prosecutor #FatouBensouda: “ICC supporters must continue to stand firm by joint conviction in the fight against impunity.” #justicematters
#ICC Prosecutor #FatouBensouda: “We must ensure the continued advancement of the international criminal justice project with the #ICC as its embodiment.” #justicematters
#ICC Prosecutor #FatouBensouda: “My Office follows the law with consistent & objective application regardless of the situation under our attention, without fear or favour.”#justicematters #morejustworld
#ICC Prosecutor #FatouBensouda: “For the sake of victims of #atrocitycrimes, we must not lose the progress made towards a greater culture of accountability.” #justicematters
#ICC Prosecutor #FatouBensouda: “We cannot undo the suffering of the past & the horrors of history, but we have a joint responsibility not to repeat them.”#justicematters

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