International Criminal Court

August 20, 2026 1:09 AM

UN’s Antonio Guterres seriously concerned by US sanctions on ICC

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is seriously concerned by the U.S. decision to impose sanctions on International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane and senior trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye, a U.N. spokesperson said on Wednesday. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio imposed the sanctions on Tuesday in the latest escalation in the Trump administration's campaign against The Hague-based court, which was established in 2002 by the international community to prosecute war crimes, genocide an...

August 19, 2026 1:11 AM

US sanctions International Criminal Court president, senior lawyer

The U. S. imposed sanctions on Tuesday on the International Criminal Court's president and a senior trial lawyer at the court, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. The move is the latest escalation in the Trump administration's campaign against The Hague-based court, which was established in 2002 by the international community to prosecute war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity. The U.S. is not a member of the court. Rubio said in a statement that he was imposing sanctions on Tomoko ...

July 25, 2026 10:28 AM

Venezuela notifies UN of withdrawal from ICC, alleging ‘bias’

Venezuela's foreign minister said on Friday the country has formally notified the United Nations of its "irrevocable" decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court, which had been conducting a multi-year investigation into members of its armed forces and other officials. The government justified the move by alleging a "geographical bias" within the court, claiming it disproportionately targets nations in the Global South, specifically across Africa and Latin America, Felix Plasenci...

June 26, 2026 10:45 AM

World court judges sue Trump administration over sanctions

Three International Criminal Court judges on Wednesday sued U.S. President Donald Trump and his administration over sanctions imposed on them last year, arguing that the measures were unlawful. In the lawsuit filed in the federal court in Manhattan, judges Kimberly Prost of Canada, Solomy Balungi Bossa of Uganda and Reine Adelaide Sophie Alapini-Gansou of Benin said the sanctions were designed to exert extrajudicial pressure with the objective of punishing and coercing the judges. A White Hous...

May 14, 2026 11:42 AM

Philippines seeking to confirm ICC suspect has fled after chaos at Senate

Philippine authorities were seeking confirmation on Thursday of reports that a top politician wanted by the International Criminal Court had fled, a day after gunfire rang out at the Senate where he had taken refuge fearing his arrest. Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa, the former national police chief and top enforcer of ex-President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody "war on drugs", has been under Senate protection and is wanted for crimes against humanity, the same charges Duterte is accused of. "Sever...

May 12, 2026 2:18 PM

Philippines drug war enforcer urges president to not hand him over to ICC

The top enforcer of former Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte's deadly war on drugs urged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr on Tuesday to not hand him over to the International Criminal Court, but said he was ready to face justice at home. Fearing arrest and hunkered down in his legislative office for a second day, Senator Ronald dela Rosa said he had faithfully served his country. The ICC unsealed an arrest warrant on Monday for former police chief dela Rosa, dated November, on suspicion of crimes...

December 4, 2025 10:06 AM

Venezuela’s Maduro says call with Trump was ‘respectful and cordial’

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday confirmed he held a "respectful and cordial" phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump about 10 days ago, framing the conversation as a potential opening for diplomacy. "If this call means steps are being taken toward a respectful dialogue between our countries, then dialogue is welcome, diplomacy is welcome," Maduro said during a televised event. Reuters reported on Monday, citing four sources familiar with the call, that Maduro told Trump he...

November 6, 2025 11:10 PM

ICC confirms war crimes charges against Uganda’s Kony

The International Criminal Court on Thursday confirmed charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity against Uganda's fugitive warlord Joseph Kony in absentia. Kony, leader of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army, is being charged with 39 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder, rape, using child soldiers, sexual slavery and forced pregnancy, between 2002 and 2005, a court decision published Thursday shows. An arrest warrant against Kony was issued in 2005, making hi...

October 8, 2025 10:29 AM

Italy’s Meloni says she has been reported to ICC for complicity in genocide

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Tuesday that she and two of her ministers had been reported to the International Criminal Court for alleged complicity in genocide in connection with Israel's offensive in Gaza. Speaking in an interview with state television broadcaster RAI, Meloni said Defence Minister Guido Crosetto and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani had been denounced, and "I think" also Roberto Cingolani, the head of defence group Leonardo . "I don't believe there is another c...

July 9, 2025 12:08 PM

ICC issues arrest warrants for Taliban leaders over persecution of women

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday issued arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders in Afghanistan including supreme spiritual leader Haibatullah Akhundzada, accusing them of the persecution of women and girls. The ICC said there were reasonable grounds to believe that Akhundzada and Abdul Hakim Haqqani, chief justice of the Taliban, had committed the crime against humanity of persecution on gender grounds against girls, women and other persons non-conforming with the Taliban's pol...