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Facing US sanctions over its investigations, the International Criminal Court (ICC) received two high-profile gestures of EU support this week. First, the European Parliament awarded it its human rights prize on Thursday, then EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas visited its headquarters in The Hague on Friday.

On 9th October 2026, the United States placed the International Criminal Court itself on its sanctions list, going further than its earlier measures against individual officials. The ICC regarded this as an attack on the rule of law and warned that “history will judge this moment”. President Tomoko Akane committed to the Court continuing to…