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Last July, Chad announced plans to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, accusing it of inefficiency and of disproportionately targeting African nations. The decision could complicate future investigations into alleged war crimes linked to the conflict in neighbouring Sudan, particularly as ICC investigators engage with Sudanese refugees sheltering in eastern Chad. Despite the political headwinds, humanitarian organisations remain on the ground, supporting those displaced by the crisis, as FRANCE 24’s Harold Girard reports.

Just days after the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Navi Pillay, the White House imposed fresh sanctions on the International Criminal Court. Pillay, the former UN human rights chief, says the timing was no coincidence.

More than 60 overs have been lost from the first Test between South Africa and Australia despite a change by the ICC. Has cricket missed a trick?

Hoping for ‘dialogue’ with the US over its sanctions on the ICC is meaningless. Action is needed to protect the court.

Tokyo, Oct. 11 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara on Sunday voiced serious concern over U.S. sanctions on The Hague, the Netherlands-based International Criminal Court. Appearing in a television program of Japan Broadcasting Corp., or NHK, the top government spokesman said that Japan consistently supports international courts, also including the International Court ...

The Hague, Netherlands, Oct. 10 (Jiji Press)--The Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute that established the International Criminal Court called for the "immediate revocation" of U.S. sanctions against the Hague, the Netherlands-based institution on Saturday. "The escalation in unprecedented use of coercive measures is a regrettable attempt to impede the court and its personnel in ...

The US has imposed sweeping new sanctions on the International Criminal Court.

The sanctions targeting the ICC, which prosecutes humanitarian crimes, are the latest move by the US against the court.

The Hague, Netherlands, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)--Japan and seven other countries on Friday voiced their strong objections to U.S. sanctions against the International Criminal Court, which is based in The Hague in the Netherlands. In a statement issued by their foreign ministers, Japan, Canada, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Britain said, "As committed supporters of the ICC...

The Hague, Netherlands, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)--International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane on Friday welcomed the selection of former ICC judge Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, a South African jurist, as this year's winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. This means that the extremely important role that international justice plays as the cornerstone of permanent peace has been recognized, Akane sa...

The Hague, Netherlands, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)--The International Criminal Court on Friday denounced the United States' designation of The Hague, the Netherlands-based court as a target of its sanctions the same day. "It is an assault on the rule of law and on the very foundations of the international legal order which strikes at the simple principle that no one stands above the law," the ICC ...

Several US allies call to 'defend' and 'protect' the ICC following Washington's decision to sanction the judiciary body.

International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane has responded to US sanctions imposed to ‘defend sovereignty’.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced sanctions against the International Criminal Court on Friday.

Tokyo, Oct. 9 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Friday expressed her deep concern over the U.S. government's decision to add the International Criminal Court, based in The Hague, the Netherlands, to its sanctions list. In a social media post, Takaichi said that the U.S. decision, announced earlier in the day, is "incompatible with" Japan's position. "Japan has consi...

US President Donald Trump’s administration imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court on Friday, hours after one of its former judges won the Nobel Peace Prize, putting Washington on a diplomatic collision course with European allies. The ICC’s deputy prosecutor, Nazhat Shameem Khan, condemned the sanctions and said they would not halt the tribunal’s work. The Trump administration has long been hostile to the court and has previously imposed sanctions on its prosecutors and judges....

A senior Japanese government spokesperson said it was regrettable that the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office had requested that Dutch authorities extradite International Criminal Court president Tomoko Akane and eight other officials. “Time and again we have conveyed to the Russian side that measures targeting individuals connected to the ICC are unfair and unacceptable. We find it regrettable that the Russian side has nevertheless requested various nations to extradite these individuals,”...

The former president is able to understand the charges and follow the proceedings, panel of experts find.

The International Criminal Court on Monday unsealed arrest warrants against four senior Taliban leaders, accusing them of the crime against humanity of gender persecution against women, girls and members of the LGBTQI+ community in Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power in 2021. The court said in a statement that warrants were issued in July and September last year for the Taliban’s supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, and the head of Afghanistan’s Supreme Court, Abdul Hakim Haqqani. Also...

The International Criminal Court on Monday unsealed warrants for Afghan Education Minister Habibullah Agha, and Higher Education Minister Neda Mohammad Nadeem, accusing two senior Taliban officials of crimes against humanity for denying Afghanistan's women and girls over 12 their rights to an education.  

Tokyo, Oct. 2 (Jiji Press)--A group of lawyers who studied under International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane have submitted a petition with over 170,000 signatures to the Japanese government, demanding action to realize the immediate lifting of U.S. sanctions on her. "Japan, which maintains a relationship of trust with the United States, can play a role in safeguarding the ICC's ind...

ICC and Axa terminate agreement amid mounting US criticism and looming financial restrictions on the court, FT reports.

The BBC's Nada Tawfik explains why Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu was not arrested after speaking at the UN, despite an ICC arrest warrant.

Israel’s Prime Minister addressed the UN General Assembly in person, despite having an ICC arrest warrant.

Dutch PM Rob Jetten says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be at the UNGA despite an ICC arrest warrant.

Ex-Seleka leader, Mahamat Said Abdel Kani, was found gulty on four counts of crimes against humanity, but acquitted of three.

The International Criminal Court on Wednesday found rebel commander Mahamat Said Abdel Kani guilty of abusing and torturing prisoners while running a detention facility in the Central African Republic.

Said oversaw brutal detention tactics, including torture, at Bangui detention facility, ICC judges rule.

The International Criminal Court on Wednesday convicted former Central African Republic militia commander Mahamat Said Abdel Kani of torture and unlawful imprisonment. Said oversaw a detention centre in the capital Bangui infamous for its brutal conditions during the country's sectarian civil war.

US President Donald Trump launched a full-throated defence of the deeply unpopular US-Israeli war against Iran before the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, claiming that Washington would reach a deal with Tehran after the upcoming US midterm elections. Trump also rejected the idea of global regulation of artificial intelligence, said the government of Cuba would soon "fall", and urged member countries of the International Criminal Court to "resign".