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Israeli officials denied all charges, and, consequently, US President Donald Trump issued sanctions against the ICC saying that the court had committed “illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel”. U.S. sanctions – unrelated to Europe and imposed by a foreign power – led to the shutdown of the digital communication of a leading public figure, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. A quiet but deeply unsettling moment just shook the foundations of international justice, proving why Europe needs digital sovereignty - and most Europeans not too interested in tech likely missed it: The Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), a court based in The Hague and central to Europe’s commitment to human rights, suddenly found that his email account was shut down.

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