🔴 International Criminal Court wins EU's Sakharov human rights prize

We and our partners do the following data processing based on your consent: store and/or access information on a device, personalised advertising and content, advertising and content measurement, audience research and services development International Criminal Court wins EU's Sakharov human rights prize The International Criminal Court, which US President Donald Trump's administration has threatened to dismantle "brick by brick", has been awarded the European Union's Sakharov human rights prize. People stand outside the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands on September 22, 2025. © Piroschka Van De Wouw, The ⁠International Criminal Court ​has been awarded the European ​Union's 2026 Sakharov Prize, the EU's top prize regarding human rights work. The prize ​is ‌the second international ⁠recognition for the war crimes tribunal this month, ‌and comes within two weeks after US ⁠President Donald Trump announced sanctions against the court.

That announcement ​was made hours after former ‌ICC judge Navi Pillay was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, which was ‌widely seen as a show of support for ​the embattled court. The Hague-based ICC has long been a target of Trump, whose campaign against ​it has escalated since ​the court announced arrest warrants against Israeli Prime ​Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister last year. The EU prize, named after the late Soviet ⁠dissident Andrei Sakharov, has been awarded annually since ⁠1988 to ​individuals and organisations defending human rights and freedoms.

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