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Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Denmark and the Netherlands condemned US sanctions against the International Criminal Court, warning that they threaten its independence and the pursuit of justice. The UN, EU and human rights groups also denounced the move.
The US blacklisted the International Criminal Court on 9 October 2026, hours after former ICC judge Navi Pillay was named a Nobel peace laureate.
Navi Pillay has won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her lifelong defence of human rights and international law. The former ICC judge helped establish rape as an act of genocide, fought apartheid in South Africa and led the UN investigation that found Israel responsible for genocide in Gaza.
The killings did not end when Duterte left office. Since Marcos Jr. took power in June 2022, monitors have recorded 1,291 drug-related killings—462 attributed to police or other armed state agents. Duterte’s ICC trial is scheduled to begin Nov. 30.
Adeang reclaimed his country's name and preached sovereignty at the UN, then announced an exit Trump had demanded that morning. AUSTRAC flagged him for suspected laundering three years before Australia signed a A$2.5 billion deal with him.
In his last UN speech as French president, Macron defended the ICC hours after Trump attacked it, called for a double moratorium in Ukraine, condemned inaction on Gaza and set France up as Europe's alternative anchor.
US Senator Chris Van Hollen is calling on European and other ICC member states to sanction Trump and Rubio for obstructing the court’s Israel war crime investigations. Trump has meanwhile urged all 125 ICC member states to withdraw from the court.
Pete Hegseth’s boat strikes have murdered at least 227 civilians over the past year, while he has urged governments across the Americas to withdraw from the International Criminal Court. ICC’s founding chief prosecutor argues that the strikes could constitute crimes against humanity.
