US sanctions the International Criminal Court hours after former judge's Nobel Peace Prize
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The United States has imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court itself, hours after former ICC judge Navanethem "Navi" Pillay of South Africa won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday — an award the Norwegian Nobel Committee framed partly as support for international institutions under attack. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the measures, saying Washington would ban transactions with what he called a "rogue court" to cut off its resources. The ICC, established in 2002, prosecutes war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity; the move extends sanctions the US already imposed this year on the court's judges and other personnel.
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