Ready for our AFP news? 07/02 TRUMP LAUNCHES SANCTIONS AGAINST THE ICC The decision comes as no surprise, but the reactions are massive, and its consequences could threaten the existence of the International Criminal Court (ICC): on Thursday 6 February 2025, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order providing for sanctions against the Hague Court, which he accused of ‘taking illegal and unfounded actions against America and (its) close ally Israel’. [...] https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/141247-trump-sanctions-icc-for-illegitimate-israel-us-probes.html 07/02 UN URGES TRUMP TO REVERSE ICC SANCTIONS The United Nations called on Friday for US President Donald Trump to reverse his decision to slap sanctions on the International Criminal Court. [...] https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/141303-un-urges-trump-to-reverse-icc-sanctions.html 07/02 79 PARTIES TO ICC CONDEMN US SANCTIONS US President Donald Trump's decision to sanction the International Criminal Court increases the "risk of impunity" for serious crimes, 79 parties to the global tribunal said in a joint statement Friday. [...] https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/141351-79-parties-to-icc-condemn-us-sanctions.html 07/02 DUTCH PM VOWS TO PRESERVE ICC'S 'UNHINDERED' FUNCTIONING Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof said on Friday his country would seek to ensure the International Criminal Court, based in The Hague, could continue to operate despite announced US sanctions. [...] https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/141345-dutch-pm-vows-to-preserve-iccs-unhindered-functioning.html 07/02 'EXISTENTIAL THREAT': WHAT NEXT FOR THE ICC AFTER US SANCTIONS? US President Donald Trump's decision to slap sanctions on the International Criminal Court, set up to rule on humanity's worst crimes, sent shock waves around the world. [...] https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/141319-existential-threat-what-next-for-the-icc-after-us-sanctions.html 06/02 SYRIA'S 'CAESAR' WHISTLEBLOWER UNVEILS IDENTITY A Syrian whistleblower, who smuggled tens of thousands of pictures depicting torture under Bashar al-Assad, on Thursday revealed his identity for the first time, two months after the longtime ruler was toppled. [...] https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/141239-syrias-caesar-whistleblower-unveils-identity.html 06/02 EU SAYS US SANCTIONS THREATEN ICC'S INDEPENDENCE The EU on Friday warned sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) threaten its independence and the wider judicial system, after US President Donald Trump punished the court over its probes into America and Israel. [...] https://www.justiceinfo.net/en/141256-eu-says-us-sanctions-threaten-iccs-independence.html