US Sanctions against the ICC - Responses and Resilience
Date 09 November 2026
Time 14:00 - 15:30
Location Online
Event Information
On Monday 9 November, 1400-1530 UK Time, Global Law at Reading (GLAR) will be hosting an online Expert Round Table on ‘US Sanctions against the ICC: Responses and Resilience’.
Judge Kimberley Prost (International Criminal Court), Dr Ezequiel Jimenez (Pompeu Fabra University), Jason Pobjoy KC (Blackstone Chambers) and Dr Benjamin Thorne (University of Reading) will discuss consider the legal, governance and political implications of the US institutional sanctions against the ICC.
Themes discussed will include, but are not limited to:
What the announced sanctions do and do not do?
What responses are available to the Court and what are the challenges of implementing them?
(How) can long-term resilience be built?
Can the court realistically establish digital resilience in a world dominated by US tech?
What are the implications of the sanctions for atrocity accountability and justice efforts?
What should ICC states parties, including the UK, do to protect the Court and its staff from sanctions?.
The event will be Chaired by Professor Marko Milanovic.
For more information please email a.j.bisset@reading.ac.uk or call 01183785672