Nobel Peace laureate Pillay condemns U.S. sanctions on ICC

THE HAGUE - This year's Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navanethem Pillay on Tuesday condemned the recent U.S. sanctions on the International Criminal Court as "unlawful, unacceptable interference in the independence of the judiciary."

Speaking in an interview in The Hague, Pillay, a former U.N. high commissioner for human rights and a former ICC judge, called on state parties of the tribunal including Japan to express stronger support for it.