Four leading human rights groups have launched a new lawsuit against the Trump administration’s campaign against the International Criminal Court. The four US-based groups – The American Friends Service Committee, the Centre for Constitutional Rights, Human Rights Watch, and the Open Society Institute – charge the sanctions “force them to curtail a wide range of human rights and legal work”. “The US government’s efforts to dismantle the ICC and punish people seeking justice for grave human rights violations harm far more than the individuals and groups facing sanctions. “This executive order seeks to intimidate human rights defenders and deter people of conscience from advocating for the rights and dignity of others. Since then, several ICC judges and prosecutors have been sanctioned by the US, along with an array of Palestinian rights groups that provided evidence to the court.