00:01U.S. human rights groups sued the Trump administration over its campaign to dismantle the International Criminal Court, calling the
00:09effort unconstitutional.
00:11The groups who filed the lawsuit are Human Rights Watch, the Open Society Institute, the American Friends Service Committee, and
00:19the Center for Constitutional Rights.
00:22The groups say those sanctions prevent them from working with the court to seek justice for genocide, war crimes, and
00:30crimes against humanity around the world.
00:33President Donald Trump in 2025 issued an executive order authorizing sanctions on prosecutors, judges, and others working with the court
00:43for pursuing cases against officials from the U.S. and its ally, Israel.
00:48Neither the U.S. nor Israel are members of the ICC.
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