The president of the International Criminal Court lashed out on Monday at Russia for targeting its prosecutors and judges over the panel’s investigation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and slammed comments by a U.

The president of the International Criminal Court has lashed out at the United States and Russia for interfering with its investigations and calls threats and attacks on the court “appalling.”

The world’s only permanent global court for atrocity crimes has come under fire after issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and Hamas leaders, among other controversies.

The International Criminal Court’s member states open their annual meeting Monday as the court faces pushback over arrest warrants for Israeli officials, sexual harassment allegations against the court’s chief prosecutor and a very empty docket.

Judge Tomoko Akane chided both countries for interfering with its investigations, calling their attacks on the court ‘appalling’