U.S. Imposes Sweeping Sanctions on International Criminal Court

The United States has announced sweeping sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC), with Secretary of State Marco Rubio vowing to "dismantle the ICC, brick by brick" unless it ceases what Washington perceives as threats to its citizens and allies like Israel. The sanctions, which include banning transactions with the court, were announced hours after South African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay, a former ICC judge, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote international law. The UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the move as a "serious blow" to international criminal justice, while independent UN human rights experts called it a "brash attempt" to dismantle the international legal system.