How To Stop Trump's Assault on the ICC
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How To Stop Trump's Assault on the ICC
Many applauded when Navi Pillay was awarded the Nobel peace prize. The South African human rights lawyer had chaired the UN commission of inquiry that found Israel to have committed genocide in Gaza and served for five years as a judge on the international criminal court (ICC).
This year's Nobel Peace Prize winner, Navi Pillay, former Judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC), was barely announced, but Donald Trump's administration attacked this court with extensive sanctions, but Kimberly Prost was in Washington's sight even earlier: for more than a year now, the ICC has been subject to U.S. personal sanctions. "This is indeed an unprecedented attack on the Court," she says in an exclusive interview with LRT.lt.
On 9 October, the International Criminal Court was placed under American sanctions. As early as August 2025, French judge Nicolas Guillou had been placed under individual sanctions, with some judges of the institution. He testified to his situation, but also to the need for universal justice that the ICC had become the expression of.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) continues to make significant progress in its investigations, despite sanctions imposed by the United States, which have begun to affect the banking activity of employees. Nazhat Shameem Khan, the deputy prosecutor of the institution, said that Washington's measures have not prevented investigations, according to The Guardian. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, [...]
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