Court and member-nation presidency condemn sanctions on ICC president and senior prosecutor as U.S. widens campaign.
The International Criminal Court said that new U.S. sanctions against its president and a senior prosecution lawyer amount to a “flagrant attack” on judicial independence and risk undermining the international legal order.
The court was responding to sanctions announced a day earlier by the Trump administration against ICC President Tomoko Akane of Japan and senior trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye of Senegal, the latest step in Washington’s campaign to weaken the tribunal.
Four U.S. organizations challenge Washington’s sanctions as the war crimes court confronts member withdrawals.
Annual report documents deliberate airstrikes, mass detention and torture as evidence builds for prosecutions.
The agency says victims forced to conduct cyber fraud should be treated as trafficking survivors, not criminals.
The decision comes as the court is confronting both an internal governance crisis and an escalating U.S. campaign.
UNCTAD warns trade could recover while becoming more concentrated as smaller companies face higher costs.
Volker Türk calls for independent verification and common safety limits as AI initiatives reach the Human Rights Council.
General Assembly votes 164-1 for equal-area maps as African states challenge Mercator's distortion of continental size.
Consolidation of UNITAR and the U.N. System Staff College is expected to generate savings of up to $7 million.
