Human rights groups sue Trump administration over ICC sanctions

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Today's Top Stories - August 12, 2026

Today's Top Stories - August 12, 2026

Four human rights groups are suing the Trump administration over its economic pressure campaign against the International Criminal Court (ICC), arguing that sanctions against judges, prosecutors and others are unlawfully interfering with their international criminal justice work.

The lawsuit was filed on Tuesday in New York by the American Friends Service Committee, the Center for Constitutional Rights, Human Rights Watch and the Open Society Institute, which claim they have been forced to scale back human rights and legal work because of the administration’s actions.

“The Sanctions Regime has been exceptionally disruptive to the international justice system as a whole and caused serious harm to the global human rights community,” attorneys wrote. “Individuals and organizations, including Plaintiffs, have been forced to cease engaging as they had before........

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