"Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced he's adding Al-Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) to the list of "Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List," as part of President Donald Trump's executive order sanctioning the ICC. The three groups are leading human rights organizations in the occupied Palestinian territories, operating out of the West Bank and Gaza. They have been instrumental in monitoring Israel's genocide in Gaza and annexation of the West Bank, serving as a key voice of Palestinians amid Israel's assaults. Sanctions could have a vast chilling effect on their work."
""These entities have directly engaged in efforts by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute Israeli nationals, without Israel's consent," Rubio said. "We oppose the ICC's politicized agenda, overreach, and disregard for the sovereignty of the United States and that of our allies." The groups decried the sanctions in a joint statement calling on states to pressure the U.S. to lift the sanctions. They noted that this is part of a longtime effort by Israel to silence Palestinian voices, by law or by force."
The U.S. State Department imposed sanctions on three major Palestinian human rights organizations—Al-Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights—adding them to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List under a presidential executive order targeting the ICC. The groups operate in the West Bank and Gaza and have monitored alleged Israeli genocide in Gaza and annexation of the West Bank. U.S. officials framed the move as opposition to ICC actions against Israeli nationals. The groups condemned the sanctions, called for international pressure to lift them, and warned of efforts to silence Palestinian voices and chill human rights work.
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