US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced sanctions against the president and a senior lawyer of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The move is the Trump administration’s latest escalation in its campaign to “dismantle” the court which is empowered by more than 120 member countries to investigate war crimes. Rubio said the US was
Scotland and the Netherlands are the two highest ranked associate members. Their decision to issue such a pointed statement reflects frustrations outside of full members with aspects of ICC decision making. BBC Sport understands proposals were tabled at the 2025 ICC annual conference to create a single-class of membership, rather than having associate and full
Members of the International Criminal Court (ICC) voted to remove Karim Khan as chief prosecutor over alleged sexual misconduct. Elected the ICC’s third prosecutor in 2021, Khan was suspended last month. The decision to dismiss him was adopted with 82 votes in favor. The court’s oversight body found in June that he had committed a
Other countries such as Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria and Uganda have also been arranging flights or buses for their citizens to return home in recent weeks. Anti-immigrant groups have set June 30 as the deadline for the departure of undocumented immigrants, and many foreigners have decided to flee to escape violence and intimidation. The South African
A lawsuit filed by two US-based advocacy groups argues that the Trump administration is stifling free speech through sanctions it imposed last year against the International Criminal Court (ICC) and Palestinian human rights groups. The groups are challenging an executive order signed by President Donald Trump that imposed sanctions on ICC judges, prosecutors and groups
It looks like there will be a shake-up in the structure of the men’s World Cups in both formats. There is a proposal on the table to reduce the Over-50s World Cup from 14 teams to 12 along with the addition of a ‘super seven’ stage. This could even be in place for the 2027