The International Criminal Court prosecutor said in a statement that her US visa had been revoked, the AFP reported. According to the statement, Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda's office emphasised that she "has an independent and impartial mandate" under the court's founding treaty, the Rome Statute. The report comes after US authorities warned individuals connected to the proposed ICC investigation of American servicemen that they might not be allowed to enter the United States. READ MORE: US Visa Denial to ICC Staff ‘Reeks of Totalitarianism' — Rights Group © AFP 2019 / Martijn BeekmanICC Vows to Continue 'Independent Work' After Pompeo's Visa Restriction ThreatsLast year, President Donald Trump told the United Nations General Assembly that the US would never surrender its sovereignty by supporting the ICC and will always consider it to be an illegitimate global institution. Washington has criticised the ICC … [Read more...] about US Revokes Visa of International Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda
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CIS cultural capital status to help enhance Brest’s international recognition
Aleksandr Rogachuk. An archive photo BREST, 5 April (BelTA) – The status of this year's cultural capital of the Commonwealth of Independent States will help enhance Brest's recognition on the international scale, BelTA learned from Brest Mayor Aleksandr Rogachuk on 5 April.Aleksandr Rogachuk said: “When in 2017 we learned about the status of the CIS cultural capital, we saw it as a gift on the occasion of the 1,000 years since the city was founded. International events logically match city ones. This synergy will produce a good result.” The mayor added that events of this kind represent a good platform for promoting the city. “If a city is recognized, is associated with the cultural capital title in the post-Soviet space, I am sure it will be more interesting for investors and tourists a priori. This status is a mission of honor for us,” he stressed.The Armenian city of Goris was the cultural capital of the Commonwealth of Independent States in … [Read more...] about CIS cultural capital status to help enhance Brest’s international recognition
Damien Hirst’s work heads to Wakefield for international festival
Several works by the hugely influential British artist Damien Hirst are to be put on show in Wakefield as part of this year’s inaugural Yorkshire Sculpture International festival. Four major works by the Turner Prize winning Hirst, who grew up in Leeds, are to be exhibited at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park. His works Charity, Myth, The Hat Makes the Man and The Virgin Mother will open to the public from April 13. Hirst’s Hymn and Anatomy of an Angel will be put on display in Leeds city centre and Black Sheep with Golden Horns will be in Leeds Art Gallery. At YSP the four sculptures will be placed in the newly revived 18th-century Deer Park. The 10-metre tall The Virgin Mother will stand against the backdrop of the Lower Lake, a powerful presence in the landscape. Referencing the stance of Degas’s Little Dancer of Fourteen Years and considered a female counterpart to Hymn, the sculpture’s cross-section reveals the foetus curled within the womb. Charity, on … [Read more...] about Damien Hirst’s work heads to Wakefield for international festival
Vitebsk to host international economic forum in May
An archive photo VITEBSK, 5 April (BelTA) - The 8th edition of the international economic forum Innovations. Investments. Prospects will take place in Vitebsk on 16-17 May, BelTA learned from the Vitebsk Oblast Executive Committee.Attending the forum will be delegations from foreign partner regions, large companies, trade missions and the diplomatic corps, representatives of central and regional executive authorities, state-run associations, and the business community."Last year, this important economic event gathered more than 130 business people and government officials from 11 regions of the Russian Federation and 13 countries of the world. The forum has been rapidly growing. The number of delegations is expected to increase this year," the regional authorities noted.The program of the forum features various exhibitions where districts and towns of the region will showcase their achievements in the field of investments and innovations. They will also demonstrate their … [Read more...] about Vitebsk to host international economic forum in May
Damien Hirst’s work heads home for international festival
Yorkshire Sculpture International Festival Various venues across Leeds and Wakefield from June 22 until September 29 This summer Yorkshire Sculpture International will present seven major works by Damien Hirst as part of the inaugural edition of the festival. The Turner Prize-winning artist, who grew up in Leeds, will show Charity (2002–2003), Myth (2010), The Hat Makes the Man (2004–2007), and The Virgin Mother (2005–2006) at Yorkshire Sculpture Park (open to the public from April 13); Hymn (1999–2005) and Anatomy of an Angel (2008) in Leeds City Centre and Black Sheep with Golden Horns (2009) at Leeds Art Gallery. Hirst’s ten-metre tall The Virgin Mother will stand against the backdrop of the Lower Lake. The sculpture’s cross-section reveals the foetus curled within the womb. Hirst studied at Leeds College of Art in the early 1980s, as Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore had done 60 years earlier. YSI will also feature public commissions in outdoor … [Read more...] about Damien Hirst’s work heads home for international festival