Salvadoran police officers escort alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua recently deported by the U.S. government to be imprisoned in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, as part of an agreement with the Salvadoran government, in Tecoluca, El Salvador, in this handout image obtained March 16, 2025. Secretaria de Prensa de la Presidencia/Handout via REUTERS/File photo March 18 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has likely exceeded its authority in

A plane carrying the former president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, has left Manila after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant accusing him of crimes against humanity over his deadly "war on drugs". He was taken into police custody shortly after his arrival at the capital's international airport from Hong Kong on Tuesday morning. Duterte, 79, contested his detention but within hours was on a chartered jet en route to The Hague in the Netherlands, whe

The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced sanctions against 13 Myanmar senior government officials and 3...

Sudan alleges the UAE is ‘complicit in the genocide on the Masalit’ by supporting the Rapid Support Forces. The rulings of the...

Yeghishe Kirakosyan, Armenia’s Representative for International Legal Affairs, has resigned. In response to an inquiry from CivilNet, the Prime Minister’s press office stated that “Yeghishe Kirakosyan will be stepping down from his position by mutual agreement reached several months ago, following his personal request.” The statement also refuted media reports claiming that the entire staff of the Office of the Armenian Representative for International Legal Affairs had submi

The Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and Israel, will hold public hearings from 11...

Qatar’s Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani says regional challenges ‘necessitate coordination’. Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian (left)...

The order includes financial sanctions and visa restrictions against ICC officials found to have assisted in investigations of U.S. citizens or allies. The order accuses the ICC of improperly targeting the United States and Israel, according to a copy of a fact sheet supporting it. Chip Somodevilla / AFP-Getty Images President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court, accusing the body of improperly targeting the United

A large pile of rubble next to a building | Emad El Byed / Unsplash In early November, a small group of senior U.S. human rights diplomats met with a top official in President Joe Biden’s State Department to make one final, emphatic plea: We must keep our word. Weeks before, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the administration delivered their most explicit ultimatum yet to Israel, demanding the Israel Defense Forces allow hundreds more trucksloads of food and medicine int

[Getty Images] As we enter the new year, the future of the International Criminal Court (ICC) faces significant threats. Sanctions...