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Judge blocks US sanctions on rights groups helping ICC Gaza war crimes inquiry

The Guardian US · October 14, 2026 at 1:14 PM

Judge blocks US sanctions on rights groups helping ICC Gaza war crimes inquiry

Blow for Trump administration as Dawn and Taag hail ‘important step in unraveling the ICC sanctions regime’ A US federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from placing sanctions on two US-based human rights groups for working to help the international criminal court’s (ICC) investigations into war crimes in Gaza.

In a 30-page order issued on Tuesday, Jesse M Furman, a judge at the US district court for the southern district of New York, granted a preliminary injunction to the two groups, Democracy for the Arab World Now (Dawn) and Taxpayer Alliance Against Genocide (Taag).

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Judge blocks US sanctions on rights groups helping ICC Gaza war crimes inquiry

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