US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins Nobel Peace Prize
The sanctions could restrict banking, insurance and software services for the court, and the Treasury issued temporary licenses to protect U.S. interests.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump's administration imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court, banning transactions and threatening penalties for companies that serve the tribunal.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated the United States is sanctioning the "rogue court" to prevent prosecution of Americans and demanded allies "rein in the court."
- To maintain operations, court officials shifted banking and computer systems to prepare for sanctions, while the ICC counts 125 countries as member states.
- Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan told Reuters the sanctions "must be condemned," arguing they are "intended to undermine the rule of law."
- Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay, a South African jurist, served on the ICC's Appeals Chamber from 2003 to 2008 for her work in international criminal justice.
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US sanctions the International Criminal Court hours after a former judge wins the Nobel Peace Prize
Donald Trump’s administration on Friday imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court as an institution, hours after the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to South African jurist Navi Pillay, a former judge of the court, “for her efforts to promote peace and international law”.
The US announced this Friday, October 9th to sanction the International Criminal Court. The US government's statement came a few hours after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Navi Pillay, a former ICC judge. The ICC criticized "an attack on the rule of law" and received support from several European countries, the UN, Japan and Canada. - "Unacceptable": the US punishes the ICC, the Court receives support from the EU, the UN and Japan (Interna…
US announces sanctions on ICC, hours after Nobel award to former judge
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called the sanctions “a serious blow to our collective pursuit of international criminal justice,” while the ICC warned that “history will judge this moment.”
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