数千名请愿者敦促日本与美国谈判，以解除对国际刑事法院院长实施的制裁。
Thousands of petitioners have urged Japan to negotiate with the US to lift sanctions on the president of the International Criminal Court (ICC).
日本国民赤根智子是国际刑事法院法官之一，于8月遭到特朗普政府制裁，此前华盛顿指责她“直接”参与国际刑事法院“调查、逮捕、拘留或起诉其政府未同意国际刑事法院管辖权的官员”的努力。美国此举是在国际刑事法院于2024年11月因以色列总理内塔尼亚胡和前国防部长约阿夫·加兰特涉嫌在加沙犯下战争罪而对其发出逮捕令之后采取的。
Tomoko Akane, a Japanese national, is among the ICC judges sanctioned by the Trump administration in August, after Washington accused him of “directly” engaging in ICC efforts to “investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute officials whose government has not consented to ICC jurisdiction.”The US move came after the ICC issued arrest warrants in November 2024 for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and former Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over alleged war crimes in Gaza.
然而，据《日本新闻》周五报道，一群律师向日本政府提交了近17.5万个签名，敦促其与美国谈判，以解除对赤根的制裁。
However, a group of lawyers submitted nearly 175,000 signatures to the Japanese government, urging it to negotiate with the US to lift sanctions on Akane, Japan News reported on Friday.
日本内阁官房副长官尾崎正直周四对该团体表示：“日本一贯支持国际刑事法院。我们将认真对待你们的关切。”
“Japan has consistently supported the ICC,” Japanese deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Masanao Ozaki told the group on Thursday. “We will take your concerns seriously.”
该团体成员植松健太郎表示：“我认为我们能够收集到这么多签名，是因为许多人将此视为自己的问题。我希望政府能一步一步地采取力所能及的措施。”代表这个名为JIRoL的团体的律师中，有人曾在赤根于2005年至2008年在名古屋大学法学研究生院及其他机构任教时师从于她。在其他国际人权组织的支持下，该团体呼吁立即解除制裁。
“I think the reason we were able to gather so many signatures is that many people view this as their own issue,” said Kentaro Uematsu, a member of the group. “I hope the government will take steps, one by one, to do what it can.”Among those representing the group, named JIRoL, are lawyers who studied under Akane when she taught at the Nagoya University Graduate School of Law and other institutions from 2005 to 2008. Supported by other international human rights groups, the group called for immediately lifting sanctions.
赤根在一则信息中感谢该团体，她说：“每个人或许渺小，但我们绝非无能为力。谢谢你们。”特朗普政府誓言要“瓦解”国际刑事法院，该法院拥有超过120个成员国授予的调查战争罪的授权。
Akane thanked the group in a message, saying: “Each individual may be small, but we are by no means powerless. Thank you forg.”The Trump administration has vowed to "dismantle" the ICC, which has a mandate granted by more than 120 member countries to investigate war crimes.