{"id":1880,"date":"2026-09-23T11:38:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T11:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/23\/kabarsula-38-global-civil-society-organizations-file-joint-brief-in-us-lawsuit-challenging-legality-of-trumps-icc-sanctions-bandar-slot-indonesia\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T11:38:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T11:38:25","slug":"kabarsula-38-global-civil-society-organizations-file-joint-brief-in-us-lawsuit-challenging-legality-of-trumps-icc-sanctions-bandar-slot-indonesia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/23\/kabarsula-38-global-civil-society-organizations-file-joint-brief-in-us-lawsuit-challenging-legality-of-trumps-icc-sanctions-bandar-slot-indonesia\/","title":{"rendered":"kabarsula 38 Global Civil Society Organizations file joint brief in US lawsuit challenging legality of Trump\u2019s ICC sanctions bandar SLOT INDONESIA"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Trump administration\u2019s escalating campaign<\/a> against the International Criminal Court (ICC) is reaching far beyond the judges, prosecutors, and human rights groups it has sanctioned, chilling civil society engagement with the Court and undermining victims\u2019 access to justice, Amnesty International, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), and 36 other Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) said today.<\/p>\n

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We will not sit back and let President Trump destroy the Rome Statute<\/p>\n

Agn\u00e8s Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

On 23 September 2026, 38 civil society groups jointly filed an amicus curiae (\u2018friend of the court\u2019) brief with the US District Court for the Southern District of New York in support of a lawsuit filed by the American Friends Service Committee, the Center for Constitutional Rights, Human Rights Watch, and the Open Society Institute, which \u00a0challenges the legality of sanctions imposed under Executive Order (EO) 14203. The sanctions have targeted ICC prosecutors and judges, a UN human rights expert, and three Palestinian human rights groups.<\/p>\n

\u201cBehind every civil society organization being silenced or pushed away from the ICC are victims and survivors waiting for justice. These sanctions are disrupting the networks of people and organizations that stand with victims who bring their stories and evidence before the Court, and spreading fear far beyond those directly targeted,\u201d said Alexis Deswaef, President of FIDH.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor victims who have already been failed by justice at home, closing these pathways can mean losing one of their last chances for accountability.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the Trump administration steps up its attacks on the ICC and the civil society organizations essential to its work, it is crucial to demonstrate to the US Federal Court how sanctions are harming global civil society, victims and survivors of crimes under international law, and the very idea of international justice,\u201d said Agn\u00e8s Callamard, Amnesty International\u2019s Secretary General.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will not sit back and let President Trump destroy the Rome Statute. The sheer number of civil society organizations submitting this brief demonstrates the resilience and determination of civil society \u00a0to oppose \u00a0the US sanctions and protect the ICC.\u201d<\/p>\n

The CSOs\u2019 brief makes two fundamental arguments. First, the sanctions are fracturing civil society networks that are essential to the functioning of the ICC. CSOs and human rights defenders, including lawyers, victim representatives, and survivor-advocates, carry out a wide range of activities which the ICC depends on: \u00a0connecting victims and witnesses to the Court; documenting atrocity crimes; supporting victim participation and reparations; contributing critical legal, contextual, and cultural expertise; and advancing state cooperation and domestic investigations and prosecutions, particularly in situation countries where the Court has limited access.<\/p>\n

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It is crucial to demonstrate to the US Federal Court how sanctions are harming the very idea of international justice\u00a0<\/p>\n

Agn\u00e8s Callamard, Amnesty International<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Second, by imposing and threatening draconian financial and legal penalties on CSOs and individual actors, EO 14203 violates their rights to freedom of expression and association and has severely damaged the collaboration and infrastructure upon which the international system of justice depends. EO 14203 \u00a0has already caused the Designated Entities to lose funding, staff, banking access, and partnerships; deterred CSOs from engaging with the ICC; and fractured relationships between and among many CSOs. The result is measurable and irreparable harm not only to civil society, but to the ICC, to the administration of international criminal justice, and, ultimately, to the victims and survivors the system exists to serve. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Background<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 38 CSOs filing the brief are (alphabetical order):<\/p>\n

1.\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Action for the Reform of Justice and Promotion of Human Rights (ARJPDH)<\/p>\n

2.\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Amnesty International<\/p>\n

3.\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession (ACIJLP)<\/p>\n

4.\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Arab Coalition for the International Criminal Court (ACICC)<\/p>\n

5.\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Baltasar Garz\u00f3n International Foundation (FIBGAR)<\/p>\n

6.\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Center for Development of International Law (CDIL)<\/p>\n

7.\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA)<\/p>\n

8.\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Centre marocain pour la loi et la paix<\/p>\n

9.\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Centro de Investigaci\u00f3n y Promoci\u00f3n de los Derechos Humanos (CIPRODEH)<\/p>\n

10.\u2002\u2002\u2002Chinese Initiative on International Law (CIIL)<\/p>\n

11.\u2002\u2002\u2002Clinique de droit international p\u00e9nal et humanitaire, Facult\u00e9 de droit, Universit\u00e9 Laval (CDIPH)<\/p>\n

12.\u2002\u2002\u2002COMPPART Foundation for Justice and Peacebuilding-Nigeria<\/p>\n

13.\u2002\u2002\u2002Croatian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights<\/p>\n

14.\u2002\u2002\u2002Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR)<\/p>\n

15.\u2002\u2002\u2002European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR)<\/p>\n

16.\u2002\u2002\u2002Global Justice Center<\/p>\n

17.\u2002\u2002\u2002Human Rights Now<\/p>\n

18.\u2002\u2002\u2002HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement<\/p>\n

19.\u2002\u2002\u2002Indonesian Legal Aid Association for Women (APIK)<\/p>\n

20.\u2002\u2002\u2002International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)<\/p>\n

21.\u2002\u2002\u2002International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net)<\/p>\n

22.\u2002\u2002\u2002Just Access<\/p>\n

23.\u2002\u2002\u2002Kurdish Organizations Network Coalition for the International Criminal Court (KONCICC)<\/p>\n

24.\u2002\u2002\u2002Lawyers\u2019 Rights Watch Canada<\/p>\n

25.\u2002\u2002\u2002Libya Crimes Watch (LCW)<\/p>\n

26.\u2002\u2002\u2002No Peace Without Justice<\/p>\n

27.\u2002\u2002\u2002The Nuhanovic Foundation<\/p>\n

28.\u2002\u2002\u2002Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA)<\/p>\n

29.\u2002\u2002\u2002Platform for Peace and Humanity<\/p>\n

30.\u2002\u2002\u2002Refugees in Libya<\/p>\n

31.\u2002\u2002\u2002Rights for Peace<\/p>\n

32.\u2002\u2002\u2002Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center<\/p>\n

33.\u2002\u2002\u2002StoptheDrugWar.org<\/p>\n

34.\u2002\u2002\u2002Students for Global Democracy Uganda<\/p>\n

35.\u2002\u2002\u2002Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM)<\/p>\n

36.\u2002\u2002\u2002Women\u2019s Initiatives for Gender Justice<\/p>\n

37.\u2002\u2002\u2002World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)<\/p>\n

38.\u2002\u2002\u2002World Without Genocide<\/p>\n

The CSOs\u2019 amicus curiae submission was kindly assisted by the Coalition for the ICC secretariat, whose report on US sanctions \u201cCriminalising Accountability: The US lawfare against the international justice system\u201d served as a key reference.<\/p>\n

The CSOs (\u2018amici\u2019) were represented by Mascarenhas Law PLLC.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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