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US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins Nobel Peace Prize

US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins Nobel Peace Prize

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Comments (378)

  • GolfPopper
    For anyone who hasn't seen Mitchell and Webb's "Are We the Baddies?"https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h242eDB84zY&pp=ygUSYXJlIHdlIHR...
  • danielovichdk
    How the US president became president is still the question that baffles me the most.Twice. You did it twice.
  • dang
    Related ongoing thread:Nobel Peace Prize for 2026 to Navanethem Pillay - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50018420 - Oct 2026 (163 comments)
  • nxobject
    Given the fact that signatories to the Rome Statute outnumber countries that aren’t, I’m not quite sure who the rogue is here…
  • gandalfian
    You would think google, microsoft and apple would be having kittens over this. How will any government or large corporation trust their goods and services if they can be disabled at will because the USA government takes offence to you, or someone in your department. Good for linux I guess but pain for the rest of us.
  • phyzome
    Hopefully this helps lead to US sanctions having less global power.
  • vjvjvjvjghv
    At least we will have televised executions.
  • drgo
    One great thing about the Trump administration is that it exposed to the US’s mostly western allies what the rest of the World has known for a long time: that the US is just another oppressive empire that doesn’t hesitate to crush whomever they perceive to be a threat to their hegemony.
  • rose-knuckle17
    One can only hope that the next administration will not only embrace the ICC, but willingly hand over Trump and his advisors to it and let them do what they will. Exceptional handling for an exceptional administration.How does the argument go? If they haven't done anything wrong, they have nothing to worry about. Heh.
  • drop_star
    Well the GOP has gotta try and protect their guy. And Trumps a pedophile so this makes sense.
  • ChrisArchitect
  • throwaway00k
    Can you see any difference between america, china and Russia?
  • coffinbirth
    Reminder that the US is responsible for the precision strike murder of at least 120 school children[1]. Are they still 'investigating'? No one went to prison, right?Recently, Marco Rubio gave a speech in front of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. Seeing this, I immediately thought "what an oximoron".[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Minab_school_airstrike
  • classified
    > Rubio calls tribunal a 'rogue court'Of course, from the perspective of a committed criminal, upholding the law is "going rogue".
  • megous
    Country that supports war criminals and helps genocidares and land thiefs by giving them free bombs and planes, sanctioned organization that punishes such acts. Not a big surprise.Also directly targeting foreigners who provide evidence to the court is also pretty clear evidence of american intention here. Hide their crimes. Several such human rights organizations were targeted independently of this for cooperation with ICC, like Al-Haq, Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights, and PCHR.
  • RobotToaster
    From the Rome Statute of the ICC> Article 70. Offences against the administration of Justice> 1. The Court shall have jurisdiction over the following offences against its administration of justice when committed intentionally:> (e) Retaliating against an official of the court on account of duties performed by that or another official;Can the ICC now please just put an arrest warrant out for Trump, Rubio, and anyone else involved in these sanctions.
  • llm_nerd
    Every nation must ban companies operating in their country from conforming to unrecognized foreign sanctions. This has been long, long overdue, and the time is absolutely now.If Visa, Mastercard, Microsoft, or any other company wants to operate in other countries, punitively obeying insane US sanctions is untenable.And for the "yeah, but then the US will retaliate" chimps: You have literally nothing left. Your lame duck halfwit and his administration of grifters, fraudsters and charlatans blew their load.
  • AdmiralAsshat
    > "President Trump will never allow the International Criminal Court to prosecute Americans," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement, first published by Reuters.Can't think of a more flagrant and succinct declaration that the US believes itself "above the law."
  • emsign
    The USA is a technofascist state dismantling itself and every democratic institution that stands against the coming technocracy.
  • PeterCorless
    I am so disgusted by this current regime.
  • woah
    Although I need to preface this by saying that the Trump administration is one of the stupidest and pettiest in history, the Nobel peace price lost all credibility after it was awarded to Barack Obama for no reason. It seems to be a mechanism for trumpeting the political views of those on the committee.
  • drcongo
    He knows they're coming for him.
  • einpoklum
    > "President Trump will never allow the International Criminal Court to prosecute Americans"... but his government does support the ICC prosecuting Russians, on behalf of Ukraine, even though none of the two states is a party to the Rome statute / member of the court.
  • tamimio
    Another reason to fund the efforts to decouple from US companies, including payment processors. More investment in open source software and open weight models should be the priority of all governments and initiatives.
  • LightBug1
    Sanctions ffs ... what a pathetic administration ...
  • pelagicAustral
    I thought it was FIFA the one in charge of the Peace prize now. I'm confused.
  • BLKNSLVR
    It seems that US Exceptionalism is what the US people wanted, and they're getting it in spades.
  • diego_moita
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  • ranprieur
    Europe is getting dog-walked by Trump because they refuse to impose heavy sanctions on America. I'm an American. Take us down, cowards.
  • PeterStuer
    Both actions were 100% political.
  • krembo
    Democratic cries bring tears to my eyes, the happy ones.
  • mannyv
    The ICC is an attempt by European leftists to impose their value system on the smaller or poorer countries.Where are the ICC cases against Saudi? Syria? Yemen? Egypt? Most of Africa? North Korea? Haiti? Nicaragua? India? Iran?It's a kangaroo court that gives retired judges jobs and powerless liberals the illusion they're doing something.
  • deepsun
    But the South African judge is really out of touch with reality. I remember it was South Africa who pushed an alternative UN resolution for Russo-Ukraine war trying to remove any blame from Russia.