Navi Pillay denounces Trump's sanctions against the ICC amid Nobel rivalry

Author: AfricaNewsPublished on: October 14, 2026Country: France
Politics
Navi Pillay denounces Trump's sanctions against the ICC amid Nobel rivalry

Navi Pillay, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, strongly condemned the US sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC), calling them illegal. She accuses President Donald Trump of attempting to undermine the independence of the ICC as a political reaction to the Nobel Prize award and the ICC's pursuit of cases like that of Benjamin Netanyahu. The sanctions, announced by Washington, aim to hinder the ICC's technological and banking operations and are set to take effect in six months.

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