U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Coverage of U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in the Nexus archive.
- ‘Financial death penalty’: How US sanctions are upending the lives of ICC judges
Three International Criminal Court judges had their bank accounts frozen, lost health insurance, and faced restricted financial services due to U.S. sanctions under Executive Order 14203. A complaint filed in a New York federal court details the personal and financial hardships imposed on the judges, including impacts on their families and daily lives.
- ‘Financial death penalty’: How US sanctions are upending the lives of ICC judges
Three International Criminal Court (ICC) judges from Canada, Uganda, and Benin have faced frozen bank accounts, loss of health insurance, and restricted financial access due to U.S. sanctions under an executive order signed by President Donald Trump. The judges are suing the Trump administration, calling the sanctions a 'financial death penalty' that undermines judicial independence.
- Sanctioned ICC judges sue Trump in US over 'attack on judicial independence'
Three International Criminal Court judges have sued US President Donald Trump and his administration, alleging sanctions were imposed for their work on ICC investigations involving Israel and the United States. A New York federal court has ordered the government to respond to the lawsuit within 60 days.
- Sanctioned ICC judges sue Trump in New York
Three International Criminal Court judges—Kimberly Prost, Solomy Bossa, and Reine Alapini-Gansou—sued the Trump administration in New York, alleging sanctions against them violated judicial independence by punishing their court decisions. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, seeks to remove the judges from a sanctions list and unfreeze their assets, citing the negative impact on their personal lives and the ICC's ability to deliver justice.