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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After 15 years of security-related pursuit and more than 10 years under a travel ban, the Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession (ACIJLP) has learned, through the Office of the Egyptian Public Prosecutor and the Passports and Immigration Department at the Ministry of Interior, that the Egyptian authorities have decided to remove Ms Huda Abdel-Wahab, Executive Director of the ACIJLP from the travel ban lists imposed on her since 2016. It should be noted that no official response or formal documentation has yet been received regarding the resolution of the legal status of the Arab Center and its staff in Case No. 173 of 2011 concerning civil society organizations.

On 28 December 2011, the ACIJLP and five other foreign organizations operating in the field of human rights were subjected to security raids, and their offices were closed in what later became known as Case No. 173 of 2011 concerning civil society organizations, which ultimately resulted in the acquittal of all defendants working in the foreign organizations.

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The Arab Center for the Independence of the Judiciary and the Legal Profession (ACIJLP), together with the Arab Coalition for the International Criminal Court, is monitoring the US-Israel-Iran war and the accompanying military operations that have affected most of the Arab Gulf states (Qatar, Kuwait, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates). These military operations have resulted in acts that may rise to the level of the crime of aggression, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, in accordance with Articles 5, 7, 8, and 8 bis (A) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. The ACIJLP considers that ratification by the Arab Gulf states of the Rome Statute establishing the International Criminal Court would grant them the right to request investigations and prosecutions in relation to the military operations to which they are subjected. This right is accorded to States Parties to the Court where the alleged crimes have occurred after 2002, in line with the Court’s temporal jurisdiction.

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Cairo, 26 March 2026