Array of Experts Back Lawsuit Challenging Trump’s ICC Sanctions Regime

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Click to expand Image Thurgood Marshall United States Federal Courthouse building in lower Manhattan, New York City. Committee, the Center for Constitutional Rights, Human Rights Watch, and the Open Society Institute brought the suit on August 11, 2026. The groups say in their suit that the sanctions are a blatantly illegal attack on international justice.

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• The groups assert the sanctions have forced them to curtail a wide range of work in violation of their First and Fifth Amendment rights under the US Constitution and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
• Their lawsuit also argues the sanctions exceed the president's powers and are based on a false claim of a "national emergency," arising out of the work of the ICC, that has no basis in fact.