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International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan attends a U.N. Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters in New York, Jan. 27, 2025. Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images.

ICC cases grind to halt due to Trump sanctions against court, report says

ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan has reportedly lost access to his email, and his U.K. bank accounts have been frozen.

JNS Staff

May 15, 2025

Joshua Simmons, a senior legal adviser to the U.S. State Department, addresses the International Court of Justice, in The Hague, during a public hearing on the request for an advisory opinion on Israel's obligations to provide aid to Palestinians, April 30, 2025. Credit: Frank van Beek, U.N. Photo, courtesy of the ICJ.

US defends Israel at The Hague

“Novel legal interpretations will not bring an end to the ongoing conflict,” said an attorney for the U.S. State Department. “They will not bring the hostages home.”

Andrew Bernard

April 30, 2025

International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan announces he has applied for arrest warrants for Israeli leaders, May 20, 2024. Credit: ICC.

ICC restricts prosecutor over Israel arrest warrant moves

The court has reportedly barred ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan from publicly disclosing the existence of arrest warrant applications related to the Gaza War.

JNS Staff

April 29, 2025

The International Criminal Court in The Hague, on Aug. 6, 2022. Credit: Choinowski via Wikimedia Commons.

ICC appeal judges: Court should consider Israel’s jurisdictional challenges

"The ICC Appeals Court instructed the Court today, to do what it should have done from the start," said Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar.

JNS Staff

April 24, 2025

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to reporters before flying to Washington, D.C., on Feb. 2, 2025. Photo by Avi Ohayon/GPO.

Netanyahu’s flight to DC took longer due to ICC warrant

The prime minister’s plane flew over U.S. military bases in case he had to make an emergency landing for health reasons.

JNS Staff

March 29, 2025

A view of the monument at the Rabbi Meijer Square in The Hague, Netherlands pictured here in 2021. Photo: FredTC/Wikimedia Commons.

Gazan faces hate-crime charge for Holocaust wreath vandalism in the Netherlands

An asylum seeker who kicked a memorial object and allegedly inveighed against Israel failed to convince a judge that he did not know the site was tied to Jews.

Canaan Lidor

Feb. 17, 2025

ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan at the Dutch Foreign Ministry in The Hague on April 11, 2022. Photo by Raoul Somers via Wikimedia Commons.

White House names chief prosecutor Karim Khan as first target of ICC sanctions

A British national, he was previously reported to be a target of the sanctions, but the White House just added his name in an annex to the executive order.

Feb. 10, 2025

Newly-appointed judge of the International Court of Justice, Julia Sebutinde, of Uganda, is sworn into the court, inside the Peace Palace’s Great Hall of Justice at The Hague, Netherlands on March 12, 2012. Credit: Gerald van Daalen/U.N. Photo/ICJ/ANP-in-Opdracht.

With vacancy atop UN high court, pro-Israel activists laud body’s vice president

Julia Sebutinde is a “brave and honest woman,” who “is a beacon for us all,” wrote May Golan, an Israeli minister.

Izzy Salant

Jan. 14, 2025

Julia Sebutinde, of Uganda, was elected vice-president of the International Court of Justice on Feb. 6, 2024. Credit: Max Koot Foto Studio/U.N. Photo/ICJ-CIJ.

Major shift at ICJ as pro-Israel judge poised for presidency

Judge Julia Sebutinde made headlines for her rejection of South Africa's genocide claims against Israel.

Israel Hayom

Jan. 14, 2025