Burak Bir
09 October 2026•Update: 09 October 2026
Amnesty International Friday called on international community to take every appropriate measure to resist what it called US' "attack" against the International Criminal Court.
"With its sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) as an institution, the US Administration seeks to destroy the Court and extinguish any prospect of justice for perpetrators of grave crimes under international law," the UK-based rights group said in a statement.
Citing demands for a "global response of resistance" and protection, it stressed that states must take every appropriate measure to "resist this attack and actively protect the Court."
"(US) President (Donald) Trump’s sanctions are designed to isolate and ultimately destroy the International Criminal Court. This existential attack must fail," said Erika Guevara Rosas, Amnesty International’s senior director for Research, Policy, Advocacy and Campaigns.
Rosas said that the fight for the ICC is a battleground between those who insist that "law must bend to power and that impunity for war criminals and genocidaires must be guaranteed," and those fighting to preserve accountability, equality before the law and justice for victims.
"The future of the ICC, and of international justice itself, will depend on whether governments and people are willing to defend it," she added
It came after an announcement of sanctions against the court by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Rubio threatened to "end the ICC" unless it stopped what he described as its "threats."
The ICC, based in The Hague, is an independent international tribunal responsible for prosecuting individuals accused of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression.
