Four human rights organizations filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Trump administration challenging US sanctions targeting the International Criminal Court (ICC), alleging that the measures unlawfully restricted their human rights, legal, and advocacy work. The organizations argue that the sanctions have forced them to limit work involving the ICC and individuals and organizations targeted by the administration. It later sanctioned Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, and in September 2025 designated three Palestinian human rights organizations: Al-Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights under its sanctions framework. The Trump administration has maintained that the court lacks the authority to investigate or prosecute citizens of countries that have not consented to its jurisdiction. Two US advocacy organizations filed another lawsuit in July, arguing that sanctions targeting ICC and UN officials interfered with their human rights advocacy for Palestinian rights and violated the First Amendment.