ICC chief Akane calls for defending int'l rule of law

ICC chief Akane calls for defending int'l rule of law

International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane (R) speaks at an event at Nagoya University in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, on July 29, 2026, urging the defense of the international rule of law.

ICC chief Akane calls for defending int'l rule of law

ICC chief Akane calls for defending int'l rule of law

International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane speaks at an event at Nagoya University in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, on July 29, 2026, urging the defense of the international rule of law.

ICC President Akane calls for support

ICC President Akane calls for support

International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane speaks during an event in Osaka on July 27, 2026, calling for public support amid a campaign by the United States to dismantle the ICC.

ICC President Akane calls for support

ICC President Akane calls for support

International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane speaks during an event in Osaka on July 27, 2026, calling for public support amid a campaign by the United States to dismantle the ICC.

International Criminal Court Judge Akane

International Criminal Court Judge Akane

International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane gives a lecture at Keio University in Tokyo on June 12, 2024.

International Criminal Court Judge Akane

International Criminal Court Judge Akane

Judge Tomoko Akane of the International Criminal Court speaks to the press in New York on Dec. 6, 2023.

Japan's Akane elected as International Criminal Court judge

Japan's Akane elected as International Criminal Court judge

Tomoko Akane, seen in this undated file photo, was elected to serve as a judge at the International Criminal Court on Dec. 4, 2017. Akane will become the third Japanese judge at the ICC when her nine-year term starts in March 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo