A painting by the artist Toon Kelder (Rotterdam, 1894-1973), titled Portrait of a Young Woman, stolen by the Nazis from the renowned art dealer Jacques Goudstikker, has surfaced at the home of the granddaughter of Hendrik Alexander Seyffardt, a Dutch general who commanded the Netherlands Volunteer Legion during World War II, a Waffen-SS unit that fought on the Eastern Front. A descendant of Seyffardt, unaware of the relationship, made the painting’s existence public through Arthur Brand, nicknamed the “art detective.”

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The political pressure exerted by the United States on the International Criminal Court (ICC), through sanctions imposed on eight of its judges and three prosecutors, as well as on the entities and NGOs that collaborate with them, is testing its very resilience. All individuals involved are carrying on with their work, even though the degree of interference from Washington goes so far as to prevent them from even using a credit card. For a court like this one, without its own police force, the only way to defend itself is through its legitimacy and the support of other countries.

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