US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday announced what he characterized as a “campaign to dismantle” the International Criminal Court, the Hague-based tribunal tasked with investigating and charging individuals with war crimes and other violations. In a video posted to social media, Rubio accused the international court of “waging a war against our country — not with bullets or missiles…
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After over two years of arming and otherwise supporting the Israeli government as it lays waste to the Gaza Strip — even after an October ceasefire deal — the United States this week officially joined an International Court of Justice case to defend Israel from allegations of genocide. The United Nations’ primary tribunal announced Friday that the Trump administration had filed a declaration…
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The International Criminal Court and human rights groups on Thursday condemned new US sanctions on two more of the tribunal’s judges, which brought the total number of sanctioned ICC jurists to 11 amid the Trump administration’s escalating campaign of retaliation against people and institutions seeking to hold Israel and the United States accountable for their alleged crimes. “Today…
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