The Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession (ACIJLP) and the Arab Coalition for the International Criminal Court (ACICC) strongly condemn the decision issued by the US Administration on 9 October to designate the International Criminal Court (ICC) as an institution subject to Executive Order 14203, entitled “Imposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court”.

The decision constitutes a direct targeting of the IVC and represents the most serious US attack against the Court since 2002. It is a direct assault on judicial independence, the rule of law, and the international criminal justice system as a whole.

The repercussions of this decision extend beyond the institution itself, putting at risk the rights of millions of victims and survivors of the world’s most heinous crimes and threatening their protection and prospects of accessing justice.

The ACIJLP calls on States Parties to adopt a coordinated and collective response to this escalation, protect the independence of the Court’s work and activities, as well as the entities supporting it, and ensure that victims and survivors continue to have access to justice and reparations.

The Centre also calls on the governments of Arab States to stand with the ICC in the face of this unlawful US attack, which seeks to undermine the Court’s role in addressing war crimes and genocide committed in Gaza.

Cairo October 9, 2026

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who have exceeded the 18-month pre-trial detention limit The Arab Centre for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession (ACIJLP) cautiously welcomes the Egyptian Parliament’s decision to postpone the implementation of Criminal Procedures Law No. 174 of 2025, which was due to enter into force tomorrow, 1 October 2026, on grounds relating to the technical, technological, and administrative preparedness required for its implementation, as set out in the explanatory memorandum accompanying the law providing for the postponement.

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Thirty-eight global civil society organizations, including the Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession (ACIJLP) and the Arab Coalition for the International Criminal Court (ACICC), have jointly filed a brief before the US District Court for the Southern District of New York in support of a lawsuit challenging the legality of sanctions imposed by US President Donald Trump against the International Criminal Court (ICC).

The joint brief was submitted by Amnesty International, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and 36 other organizations in support of a lawsuit brought by the American Friends Service Committee, the Center for Constitutional Rights, Human Rights Watch and Open Society. The lawsuit challenges the legality of sanctions imposed under Executive Order 14203, which targeted ICC judges and prosecutors, human rights experts, and three Palestinian human rights organizations: the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, and Al-Haq.

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38 Global Civil Society Organizations file joint brief in US lawsuit challenging legality of Trump’s ICC 

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As the date approaches for the application of the Criminal Procedures Law No. 174 of 2025, scheduled to take effect on October 1, 2027 pursuant to Article 6 of its promulgating provisions, debate and disagreement have once again intensified over a number of its provisions, particularly those introducing new measures and powers. These include travel-ban orders, expanded powers for the General Prosecution, provisions concerning the right to defence and safeguards for defendants, remote trials, and other provisions of the law. These issues have been the subject of criticism and calls for amendment by civil society organisations, law professors, relevant United Nations committees and the Special Rapporteurs of the UN Human Rights Council.

The Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession (ACIJP) considers that the legislative impact of this law and the consequences of its application are potentially so serious that they may prove difficult to remedy or assess in the near term. At its core, the disagreement over the law’s provisions concerns the procedural safeguards that must be in place to ensure the proper administration of justice, rather than undermine it, in accordance with the Egyptian Constitution and the relevant international conventions to which Egypt is a party. The Constitution accords these conventions a special status and guarantees their implementation and observance, as provided for in Article 93 thereof.

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On the occasion of the World Day for International Justice, the Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession (ACIJLP) and the Arab Coalition for the International Criminal Court (ACICC) express their deep concern and strong condemnation of the continued attacks by the United States administration against the International Criminal Court (ICC).

At a time when the international community marks the World Day for International Justice on 17 July, the ICC is facing one of the most systematic campaigns directed against it by the United States. In an opinion article published on 13 July — four days before the commemoration of the World Day for International Justice — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio set out the Trump administration’s position, declaring the Government’s determination to “dismantle the International Criminal Court — brick by brick if necessary” and affirming its intention to employ all tools available to the United States Government to that end.

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The Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and Legal Profession (ACIJLP) and the Justice Support Foundation express their profound concern and strong condemnation regarding the arrest campaign targeting lawyers and political activists following their support for the families of detainees and their calls for the release of prisoners of conscience who continue to face prolonged pretrial detention for expressing their opinions, beliefs, and ideas.

Since the evening of 24 May 2026 and continuing into the morning of today, security forces arrested two coordinators from the Defense Committee for Prisoners of Conscience, lawyer Mohamed Abul-Diyar and human rights advocate Ms. Wafaa Al-Masri, who was arrested from her home this morning, after they had organized a solidarity gathering with the families of detainees to express the ongoing suffering caused by the continued detention of their relatives.

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