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Why the US is threatening to dismantle the International Criminal Court

The Hague is home to two major international courts that are frequently confused. The first is the UN’s International Court of Justice (ICJ), operating from the historic Peace Pala...

International civil liberties coalition defends ICC amid US dismantling efforts

The International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations (INCLO) on Friday released a statement defending the International Criminal Court (ICC) after the announcement of a campa...

The Rise and Second Demise of the Central American Court of Justice

In May 2026, the Central American Court of Justice (CACJ) quietly ceased operations following Honduras’ withdrawal—a development that attracted little attention despite marking the...

Marking International Justice Day

Click to expand Image Victims’ families and activists gather outside the International C...

UN experts call for urgent action from ICC member states to defend the Court against fresh US penalties

UN experts on Friday urged member states of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to implement more stringent measures to safeguard the future of the Court after the latest string...

The ICC, Arrest Warrants, and Peace Negotiations

Introduction On 9 June 2026, Pre-Trial Chamber II of the International Criminal Court issued a decision in response to a request by a State for consultations under Article 97 of th...

ICC confirms jurisdiction in Libyan war crimes case

Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) found Tuesday that the Court may exercise jurisdiction in the case of The Prosecutor v. Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri....

‘So-Called International Law’

On July 13 Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a campaign to destroy the International Criminal Court. Calling the ICC “a global tribunal staffed by unelected globalist bureau...

The ICJ’s Unwritten Rulebook: Regional Succession and Institutional Equilibrium

For almost eighty years, United Nations Member States have behaved as if a mandate required them to maintain regional continuity in elections to the International Court of Justice....

Germany asks International Court of Justice to throw out Israel arms export case

Nicaragua accused Germany of violating the 1948 Genocide Convention because it supplies arms to Israel. Berlin temporarily halted weapons exports to ‌Israel in 2025, but they hav...

Why Countering the Assault on the International Criminal Court is Necessary to Protect the International Legal Order

Current and former Presidents of the ICC's Assembly of States Parties on the role of the Court in upholding the international legal order. The post Why Countering the Assault on th...

ICC slams U.S. decision to sanction the court’s president and a senior prosecution lawyer

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The International Criminal Court on Wednesday slammed the latest U.S. sanctions targeting senior ICC staff, including its president, as a “flagrant attack”...

ICC condemns US sanctions against its President, senior trial lawyer

The International Criminal Court has issued a stinging rebuke against the United States following Washington's imposition of sanctions against ICC President Judge Tomoko Akane and...

ICC leaders condemn efforts to erode international legal order

Efforts to isolate the International Criminal Court aim to undermine the global rule of law, leaders say.

Amnesty International calls on member states to support African Court

Amnesty International on Friday urged member states of the African Union to continue providing political, legal and financial support to the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rig...

ICJ Judge calls for stronger global commitment to human rights and peace

ICC slams United States sanctions against top court staff

It measures against the ICC president and a senior trial lawyer are the latest salvo by Washington against the court which it accuses of being "politicised".

ICC condemns latest US sanctions against its president and prosecutor

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday condemned the US for its latest sanctions against Tomoko Akane, the president of the court, and Abdoulaye Seye, senior trial law...

Fate of ICC chief prosecutor heads to unprecedented vote as U.S. sanctions keep him out of New York

Diplomats from around the world are gathering at United Nations headquarters in New York on Friday to decide whether to permanently remove the embattled chief prosecutor of the Int...

ICC head decries US sanctions

Washington designated Tomoko Akane as part of a campaign it described as a threat to American sovereigntyInternational Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane has warned of what she...

Rights groups take Trump Administration to court over sanctions on the International Criminal Court

Four human rights organizations filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Trump administration challenging US sanctions targeting the International Criminal Court (ICC), alleging that th...

The Caribbean Court Of Justice, And The Standard The Judiciary Must Meet 

Jamaican born Justice Winston Anderson, President of the Caribbean Court of Justice News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Thurs. ...

ITLOS Ruling: A Landmark Defense of Freedom of Navigation

In the largest penalty the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) has ever levied, a Special Chamber ruled unanimously against Equatorial Guinea on May 27, 2026, ord...

International Criminal Court Under Attack

LONDON, August 17 (IPS) - In a recent Wall Street Journal piece, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio pledged to ‘dismantle’ the International Criminal Court (ICC). The Trump adminis...