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"Four prominent US human rights organizations have accused the Trump
administration of using its “crippling” sanctions regime against the
international criminal court (ICC) to undermine global efforts to prosecute war
crimes and crimes against humanity.
In a lawsuit filed in federal court on Tuesday, the groups – the American
Friends Service Committee, the Center for Constitutional Rights, Human Rights
Watch and the Open Society Institute – argued that the administration’s
targeting of the ICC, as well as of groups and individuals affiliated with it
or assisting its work, amounts to a “blatantly illegal attack on international
justice”, the groups said.
The suit challenges Trump’s February 2025 executive order, which authorized
sanctions on ICC officials, judges and others working to support its
investigation of Israeli crimes in Palestine – one of 18 investigations into
war crimes and crimes against humanity the Netherlands-based tribunal is
overseeing.
The US state department and justice department did not immediately respond to
requests for comment."
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