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'It Was an Outrage': Mike Pompeo Celebrates Defeated ICC Probe Into US War Crimes

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attends a Security Council meeting at the United Nations on August 20, 2019 in New York City.

Denouncing US Bullying of ICC, Rights Groups Demand Afghan War Crimes Victims Get Their Day in Court

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

U.S. soldiers an American flag next to an aircraft in Afghanistan

Appeal filed against International Criminal Court's rejection of war crimes probe

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'Her Work Will Live On': Climate Movement Mourns Loss of Ecocide Campaigner Polly Higgins

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Laywer for the Earth Polly Higgins, seen here in 2013, has died at the age of 50

"'The Earth is in need of a good lawyer.' That thought would not leave me alone...

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Threatening 'Swift' Retaliation if US, Israel, or Allies Probed, Trump Celebrates ICC's Rejected War Crimes Probe as 'Major International Victory'

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Victims' advocates called the court's decision "a grave disappointment for...

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A sign outside the International Criminal Court in The Hague

Following Trump Administration's Bullying, ICC Judges Reject Probe Into War Crimes in Afghanistan

Fatou Bensouda

'Shameful': Trump Admin Revokes ICC Prosecutor's Visa Over Probe of Potential US War Crimes in Afghanistan

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

'Blatant Effort to Intimidate and Retaliate': Pompeo Imposes Visa Ban on ICC Staff Probing US War Crimes

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) office

Closing of PLO Office in DC Decried as 'Vicious Blackmail' While Trump's Continued Attack on Palestinians Called 'Recipe for War'

Reinforcing US Status as 'Bully and Hegemon,' Bolton to Threaten ICC Over Probes into America's War Crimes

A U.S. soldier in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan on Feb. 8, 2015. (Photo: U.S. Army/Capt. Lindsay Roman)

ICC Weighing More Than a Million Statements by Afghans Alleging War Crimes Violations

International Criminal Court Investigates Human Rights Abuses by British Forces in Iraq

After Palestinians Submit Formal Complaint with ICC, US Backers of Israel Lash Out with Threats

Appeal to Israel's Right Pays Off as Netanyahu Survives to Win Re-Election

Palestinian Grassroots Resistance to Occupation Growing

Retaliatory Response to Palestinian Authority's ICC Bid Underscores Injustice of U.S. and Israeli Policies: Critics

Outrage as ICC Drops Case Against Israel for Deadly Attack On Humanitarian Flotilla

Newswire

Amnesty International - USA

Abhorrent Attack on Migrant Detention Center in Libya Must Be Investigated as a War Crime

Reprieve

Victims of Afghanistan War Crimes Appeal ICC Decision Not to Prosecute

Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)

Center for Constitutional Rights Alleges U.S. Interference Into International Criminal Court

Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada

Stop US Threats Against the International Criminal Court and its Prosecutor

Reprieve

Survivors of War Crimes in Afghanistan Denied Justice

Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)

ICC Refuses to Investigate Crimes in Afghanistan, Including U.S. Torture

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Marjorie Cohn

The Foreign Policy Litmus Test for Democrats in 2020

Richard Falk

Geopolitical Crimes: A Revolutionary Proposal

Vijay Prashad

Nothing to See Here: The U.S. Government Prevents Investigations Into War Crimes in Afghanistan

Maya Finoh

Five Ways the Trump Administration Has Attacked the U.N. and International Human Rights Bodies

Brett Wilkins

Why John Bolton Really Hates the International Criminal Court

Jamil Dakwar

Trump Administration Threatens International Criminal Court Judges and Prosecutors for Doing Their Jobs

Stephen Zunes

Hillary Clinton's Strident Opposition to the International Criminal Court

Juan Cole

Implications for ICC? SCOTUS Jerusalem Decision Shows Limits of Israel Lobbies

Robert Naiman

Rand Paul: Kicking Palestinians is a Freebie

Salma Karmi-Ayyoub

Will Palestine Bring War Crimes Charges Against Israel?