Human Rights First just filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the Trump administration's EO 14203 which sanctions the International Criminal Court (ICC) and its senior officials.
The plaintiff is Eric Iverson, who served as a U.S. Army JAG officer, then for the past 15 years as a prosecutor with the ICC in The Hague. Mr. Iverson's ICC work focuses on war crimes and other atrocities committed in Sudan.
Defendants are Donald Trump, Pamela Bondi, Marco Rubio, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
The complaint alleges that the Trump administration's sanctions against the ICC and its senior officials exceed statutory authority, make it impossible for Iverson to do his job, and violate his First Amendment rights.
DDC case number 25-cv-01353.
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