Two U.S.-based advocacy groups sued the Trump administration on July 15, saying that sanctions imposed on the International Criminal Court (ICC) violate constitutional free speech protections after the administration launched a diplomatic campaign this week aimed at dismantling the court.
In a lawsuit filed at a federal court in New York, Democracy for the Arab World Now and the Taxpayer Alliance Against Genocide sought to block President Donald Trump’s February 2025 executive order.
The order has led to sanctions against ICC judges and prosecutors and Palestinian human rights groups who called for the court to probe accusations that the United States and Israel committed war crimes during the war in Gaza….