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Businesses are fearful that a list of proposals from a citizens' convention could crater the economy

ICC president condemns US visa restrictions on officials in Afghan war investigation

More than half of the member nations of the International Criminal Court have voiced their support for the institution in a strongly worded statement in response to the Trump administration’s decision to authorize sanctions against court staff

Foreign policy chief brands move to impose sanctions on officials ‘unacceptable.’

Egypt’s highest criminal court has upheld a 15-year sentence for one of the leading activists behind the country’s 2011 uprising who was convicted of taking part in clashes between protesters and security forces

ICC president condemns US visa restrictions on officials in Afghan war investigation The president of the international criminal court has accused the US of acting unlawfully by threatening an economic and legal offensive against the institution following a decision by judges to open an investigation into war crimes in Afghanistan. Chile Eboe-Osuji said the punitive measures announced by the US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, this month were an attempt at coercion that went against...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - More than half of the member states of the International Criminal Court voiced their support for the institution in a strongly worded statement issued Tuesday in response to the Trump administration’s decision to authorize sanctions against court staff. The 67 nations, including such U.S. allies