{"id":40866,"date":"2026-07-28T14:35:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T12:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=40866"},"modified":"2026-07-28T15:25:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T13:25:43","slug":"icc-under-pressure-on-multiple-fronts","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/icc-under-pressure-on-multiple-fronts\/","title":{"rendered":"ICC under pressure on multiple fronts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The International Criminal Court (ICC) is facing one of the most turbulent moments in its 24-year history, with pressure mounting from both inside and outside the institution.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Just days after member states voted to remove Chief Prosecutor\u00a0Karim\u00a0Khan over allegations of sexual misconduct, the court is now confronting a co-ordinated campaign by the United States (US) urging countries to abandon the ICC altogether, while Venezuela has become the latest nation to announce its withdrawal from the Rome Statute.<\/p>\n<p>The US, which has never been a member of the court, has dramatically escalated its opposition in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>Secretary of State Marco Rubio had called on ICC member states to reconsider their membership, arguing the court has overstepped its mandate and threatened the sovereignty of democratic nations.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Within the space of two weeks, the US launched a campaign to dismantle the court over jurisdictional and sovereignty concerns, states parties voted to oust the Court&#8217;s Chief Prosecutor and Venezuela announced it was leaving the ICC.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;SABC&#8211;<\/div>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vb-cZ1hBU5M?si=6YHmeu1PoxP2mspz\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":40893,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-40866","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"ICC is facing one of the most turbulent moments","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/40866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/40866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40900,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/40866\/revisions\/40900"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=40866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}