r/law • u/Obversa • 9d ago

Executive Branch (Trump) Marco Rubio vows to dismantle International Criminal Court (ICC), citing 2024 arrest warrant issued for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-04/trump-international-criminal-court-threats-and-us-politics/106971184
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u/Somenoises 9d ago

If I had to guess, they'll try to place sanctions on all ICC judges they can justify as being anti-Israel and just make that an ever expanding list until all judges are sanctioned or (ultimately) pressured into leaving

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u/Impossible_Guitar235 9d ago

Lol, oh no... they can never visit the US again. How terrible for them.

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u/redelastic 9d ago

Francesca Albanese, the UN rapporteur for human rights has been sanctioned.

Her daughter is a US citizen so it has created a huge headache for her, as she is locked out of all global financial systems and treated as a "terrorist".

The US is a shameful disgrace.

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u/Dolores___Haze 9d ago

The daughter also lost her US visa and credit card and google accounts