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Federal Judge Blocks Trump Order Targeting Lawyers Supporting ICC Afghan War Crimes Probe
International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda during a trip to Sudan on October 18, 2020. (Photo: Mahmoud Hjaj/Andalou Agency via Getty Images)
'Severe Blow to Iraqi Torture Survivors': Despite Evidence of UK War Crimes, ICC Drops War Crimes Probe
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
An Iraqi woman walks past billboards reading 'Patrols and military convoys are for your protection' in Baghdad in August 2006.
The decision "will doubtless fuel perceptions of an ugly double standard in justice: one approach to powerful states and quite another for those with less clout."
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New UN Report Recommends ICC Investigate Possible War Crimes by All Sides—Including US-Backed Coalition—in Yemen
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
A malnourished child lies in a charity clinic in Hodeida, Yemen on November 3, 2019. (Photo: Essa Ahmed/AFP/Getty Images)
"Yemen has been ravaged in ways that should shock the conscience of humanity,"...
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'Full Frontal Attack on Rule of Law': Trump Sanctions Top ICC Officials Probing US War Crimes in Afghanistan
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
The Trump administration on Wednesday announced sanctions targeting International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda and Phakiso Mochochoko, the court's prosecution jurisdiction division director. (Photo: ICC)
Human rights advocates blasted the move as "another brazen attack against...
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Protesters take action against the Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro in the central region of the city of São Paulo, Brazil, on June 28, 2020. (Photo: Fabio Vieira/FotoRua/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Brazilian Health Workers File ICC Complaint Arguing Bolsonaro Covid-19 Response Has Been Crime Against Humanity
ICC Condemns 'Unlawful' US Attempt to Block Court's War Crimes Investigation Via Threats and Coercion
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (R) holds a joint news conference on the International Criminal Court with Defense Secretary Mark Esper (R), at the State Department in Washington, DC, on June 11, 2020
'Grotesque Abuse' of Authority as Trump Declares National Emergency Over ICC Probe of Alleged US War Crimes
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
Pompeo Reups Threats to ICC Over US, Israel War Crimes Probes, Showing White House 'Determined to Prevent' Accountability
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo leaves a press conference at the State Department in Washington D.C, on March 17, 2020.
Bashing Probe of US War Crimes, Pompeo Threatens Family of ICC Staff With Consequences
Afghan children look on as a U.S. soldier from the Provincial Reconstruction team (PRT) Steel Warriors patrols in the mountains of Nuristan Province on Dec. 19, 2009.
'Total Win!': Human Rights Groups Welcome ICC Probe of US Torture and War Crimes in Afghanistan
A fireball exploding in Gaza City during Israeli bombardment on July 20, 2018.
Buried in Trump-Netanyahu Deal Is Effort to 'Torpedo' ICC War Crimes Probe
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
Petition Filed at ICC to Probe Saudi Ruler MBS for Role in Murder of Jamal Khashoggi
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attends a Security Council meeting at the United Nations on August 20, 2019 in New York City.
'It Was an Outrage': Mike Pompeo Celebrates Defeated ICC Probe Into US War Crimes
U.S. soldiers an American flag next to an aircraft in Afghanistan
Denouncing US Bullying of ICC, Rights Groups Demand Afghan War Crimes Victims Get Their Day in Court
Laywer for the Earth Polly Higgins, seen here in 2013, has died at the age of 50
'Her Work Will Live On': Climate Movement Mourns Loss of Ecocide Campaigner Polly Higgins
President Donald Trump
Threatening 'Swift' Retaliation if US, Israel, or Allies Probed, Trump Celebrates ICC's Rejected War Crimes Probe as 'Major International Victory'

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