US Sanctions ICC Hours After Its Former Judge Wins Nobel Peace Prize
US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins Nobel Peace Prize
The US imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court just hours after a former ICC judge received the Nobel Peace Prize. Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared that President Trump will never allow the ICC to prosecute Americans. The timing and the statement have sparked intense debate about US sovereignty, international law, and the court's authority.
President Trump will never allow the International Criminal Court to prosecute Americans.
- 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.
- 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…
- dang
Related ongoing thread:
Nobel Peace Prize for 2026 to Navanethem Pillay - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50018420 - Oct 2026 (163 comments)
- 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.
- throwaway00k
Can you see any difference between america, china and Russia?
- drop_star
Well the GOP has gotta try and protect their guy. And Trumps a pedophile so this makes sense.