Nobel Peace laureate Navi Pillay criticizes US sanctions on International Criminal Court
Photo: The Guardian USSouth African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay has been awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize, and Donald Trump responded a few hours later by imposing sanctions tied to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Pillay, a former ICC judge for five years, chaired the UN commission of inquiry that concluded Israel committed genocide in Gaza. She has also served as UN high commissioner for human rights and as a judge at the tribunal on the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Pillay has called the US sanctions on the ICC completely unacceptable. Calls have emerged to defend the court against the American measures.
Right-leaning outlets had not reported this story at the time of writing, while left-leaning and alternative outlets had. Alternative outlets center Pillay herself: Truthout leads with her rejection of the sanctions, and Democracy Now! runs a wide-ranging interview on the ICC, Gaza, rape as a war crime, her South African roots and Mandela. The left-leaning Guardian US carries an opinion piece by Kenneth Roth that frames the sanctions as an assault on international law and argues they can be countered. All three note her Gaza genocide finding.
How the sides differ Alternative sources feature Pillay's own voice on sanctions, Gaza and her career; left sources carry an opinion urging action to defend the court; right sources have not covered it.
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The Guardian US runs an opinion column by Kenneth Roth that opens with Pillay's Nobel award and Trump's sanctions, presenting them as an attack on international law and urging action to defend the court.
- Democracy Now!Nobel Peace Laureate Navi Pillay on ICC, Gaza, Rape as War Crime, Her South African Roots & Mandela
Truthout leads with Pillay calling the US ICC sanctions unacceptable. Democracy Now! interviews her at length on the ICC, Gaza, rape as a war crime, her South African roots and Mandela.
Not covering this story. None of the right-leaning outlets Crosswire tracks has reported it yet. What one side leaves out can be as telling as what the others report.