EU Parliament Awards Sakharov Prize to ICC

The European Parliament awarded the annual Sakharov Prize to the International Criminal Court (ICC).

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The European Parliament awarded the annual Andrei Sakharova Prize to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
The award was made in response to sanctions imposed by the U.S. administration under Donald Trump against the ICC.
The European Parliament expressed support for the ICC and its role in upholding international rule of law.
The ICC had issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The U.S. administration criticized the ICC for issuing the arrest warrant and for investigating U.S. military actions in Afghanistan.
The award was announced in October 2023.
Deputy MEP Chloe Ridel, who nominated the ICC for the prize, stated that the award was a message of hope and resistance to Donald Trump.
The Sakharov Prize has been awarded annually since 1988 by the European Parliament for the defense of human rights and freedom of thought.

The sanctions were introduced after the ICC issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, and the U.S. administration claimed the ICC committed unlawful and unjustified actions against America. — vm
The sanctions were announced just hours after one of the ICC's former judges, Navi Pillay, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. — meduza