Overview

• Judge Nancy Torresen found the executive order likely violates the First Amendment by broadly restricting speech-based services to ICC officials.
• The February order empowers the U.S. Treasury to impose economic and travel sanctions on anyone aiding ICC investigations of U.S. personnel or allies.
• Activists Matthew Smith and Akila Radhakrishnan halted their cooperation with the court to avoid potential civil and criminal penalties.
• The injunction covers only the two plaintiffs, leaving the order’s wider enforcement intact as other legal challenges progress.
• The ICC and dozens of nations have condemned the sanctions as threats to the court’s independence and the integrity of international justice.