Trump’s ICC sanctions eroding ‘never again’ legacy of Nuremberg: UN expert
The UN special rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers has expressed “grave concern” over US President Donald Trump’s executive order sanctioning the International Criminal Court (ICC), saying it erodes the "never again" legacy of Nuremberg Trials to punish criminals.
In a post on X on Monday, Margaret Satterthwaite said, “I am gravely concerned by the US President’s Executive Action authorizing sanctions on the International Criminal Court, its personnel, and those who cooperate with it.”
“By hindering investigations into war crimes and crimes against humanity—including those committed against women and children—the US undermines judicial independence and emboldens perpetrators of atrocity,” she said.
“This order strikes at the very foundation of international justice, eroding the ‘never again’ legacy of Nuremberg and possibly violating Article 70 of the Rome Statute,” Satterthwaite said, referring to the trials held in Germany to punish those responsible for crimes committed by the Nazis during World War II.
The Nuremberg Trials are seen as the forerunners of tribunals like the ICC, which has prosecuted politicians and soldiers for their crimes against humanity.
The ICC’s legal professionals “must not be punished for doing the work entrusted to them under treaty,” Satterthwaite stressed.
I am gravely concerned by the U.S. President’s Executive Action authorizing sanctions on the @IntlCrimCourt, its personnel, and those who cooperate with it.
— Margaret Satterthwaite (@SRjudgeslawyers) February 10, 2025
By hindering investigations into war crimes and crimes against humanity—including those committed against women and…
Trump's order claimed on Thursday the court in The Hague had "abused its power" by issuing an arrest warrant for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The order also said the tribunal had engaged in "illegitimate and baseless actions targeting” the US and its close ally Israel, referring to ICC’s probes into US war crimes in Afghanistan and Israel's onslaught on Gaza.
During the 15 months of the Israeli regime’s genocidal war on Gaza that began in October 2023, at least 48,189 were killed, and 111,640 others were injured, most of them children and women.
On January 15, the Israeli regime, having failed to achieve any of its war objectives including the “elimination” of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas or the release of captives, was forced to agree to a ceasefire deal with Hamas.
Trump’s order includes asset freezes and travel bans against ICC officials, employees, and their family members, along with anyone deemed to have helped the court's investigations.
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