### [2026-10-9](/feed/2026/10/9/index.md)

##### United States and the International Criminal Court
# The U.S. issues sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) after its former judge Navi Pillay won the Nobel Peace Prize, freezing assets held by the ICC in the U.S. and limiting U.S. companies from conducting transactions with them. 




### Sources:

1. [Al Jazeera](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/10/why-is-the-us-sanctioning-the-international-criminal-court)

### Changes:

1. The U.S. issues sanctions against the International Criminical Court (ICC) after its former judge Navi Pillay won the Nobel Peace Prize, freezing assets held by the ICC in the U.S. and limiting U.S. companies from conducting transactions with them.  _2026-10-12 18:14:23 (First version)_
1. The U.S. issues sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) after its former judge Navi Pillay won the Nobel Peace Prize, freezing assets held by the ICC in the U.S. and limiting U.S. companies from conducting transactions with them.  _(Current version)_

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