Criminalizing accountability: the US lawfare against the international justice system
Report of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (ICC). 88 pages. 23 April 2026.
In this report, the Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CICC) delves into the complex web of the United States (US) sanctions regime and exposes how a domestic legal instrument is able to function as a transnational policy enforcement mechanism intended to dismantle international justice efforts at the International Criminal Court (ICC) and beyond. Because of the extraordinary global reach of the US banking, Information Technology (IT) and service sectors, sanctions can be instrumentalised as part of an attack on efforts undertaken by two-thirds of the world’s states working in partnership with civil society and survivors to tackle impunity for the most serious international crimes.
An executive summary can be read page 7 and recommendations page 77.
Zoé Paris, member of the Executive Board of JURDI took part in the drafting of this report.