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On October 10, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay condemned US sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) as "unacceptable" during an event at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo. The sanctions were announced by the United States hours after Pillay was awarded the prize, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stating that Washington would ban transactions with what it deemed a “rogue court.” Pillay highlighted the unprecedented nature of targeting judges based on their judicial orders and expressed concern for the safety of ICC staff.
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On October 7, 2023, the U.S. State Department announced new sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC), aiming to dismantle it in response to perceived threats to American sovereignty. The sanctions target companies and individuals providing services to the court, potentially cutting off its funding sources. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that the United States would ban transactions with the ICC, describing it as a "rogue court" without authority over Americans or Israelis. This move came just hours after former ICC judge Navi Pillay was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, leading to criticism from ICC deputy prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan, who said sanctions would not halt the tribunal's work. The U.S. has long opposed the ICC due to its investigations into alleged war crimes by American personnel in Afghanistan and potential charges against Israeli leaders over actions in Gaza.
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Nobel peace laureate Pillay calls US sanctions on ICC ‘unacceptable’
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The winner of 2026’s Nobel Peace Prize, judge and former UN rights chief Navi Pillay, on Oct 10 called sanctions announced by the US on the International Criminal Court (ICC) “unheard of, unacceptable”.
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“There is so much tension and anxiety over the continued existence of international courts, mainly the International Criminal Court in The Hague,” Pillay said via video link from Nuremberg during an event at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo.
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Pillay also lamented that “there are hundreds of staff who feel they are under threat”.
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“Most importantly, sanctions have been announced by one country against the judges, just for the judicial orders they issue.
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This is unheard of, unacceptable,” the 85-year-old South African lawyer said.
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Oct 9 announced that Pillay, who once sat on the ICC, was 2026’s recipient of the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize.
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Both the United States, whose leader Donald Trump has long coveted the award for himself, and ally Israel condemned her being awarded the honour.
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Hours after Pillay was named the laureate, the United States announced new sanctions against the ICC, provoking swift condemnation from member states and the United Nations.
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington would ban transactions with what he described as a “rogue court”, escalating a long-running campaign by Trump’s administration against the Hague-based tribunal.
‘History will judge’
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The court rejected the US sanctions as an attack on international law and warned in a statement that “history will judge this moment”.
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In addition to serving on the ICC, Pillay was the UN human rights high commissioner from 2008 to 2014 and she headed the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry (COI), which found in 2025 that genocide was occurring in Gaza.
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The body does not speak on behalf of the UN.
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Israel has rejected the COI’s findings, calling them “distorted and false”.
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Israel’s foreign ministry said the award legitimised “anti-Israel hatred”, adding that it thought that Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels must be “applauding from hell”.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the awarding of the prize to Pillay showed the Nobel committee had “lost its moral compass” by honouring “a bigot”.
Trump, who in September called on ICC member states to quit the court, meanwhile labelled the committee’s choice as “a disgraceful and embarrassing decision”, telling a rally of his supporters in Syracuse, New York he had “never heard of” Pillay. AFP
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