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Colombia, victim of the USAID funding freeze due to the policies of Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Photo: Musk, dressed all in black, proudly displays a T-shirt bearing the words ‘DOGE’ (acronym for the US Department of Government Efficiency).

Can USAID’s funding freeze put Colombia’s peace process at risk?

14 March 2025 by Braeden Garrett + Tomasina Pearman + Clara Whitney

Colombia’s fragile peace process faces one of its greatest challenges since the 2016 Peace Accord between the Government of Colombia and the FARC guerrilla: for years, USAID has been the single largest provider of humanitarian fun [...]

Donald Trump becomes President of the United States again on 20 January 2025. What danger does this represent for the International Criminal Court (ICC)? Photo: Donald Trump (front) raises his fist.

United States

Can the ICC survive the U.S. sanctions? (Part 1)

20 January 2025 by Janet H. Anderson

Earlier this month, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill calling on the U.S. president to sanction the International Criminal Court (ICC) for any investigations into “protected persons” of the United States and its alli [...]

Construction of the IPC of the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

International

The clouded skies over the ICC

2 December 2024 by Janet H. Anderson

The annual Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court takes place in The Hague from December 2-7. Against the prospect of a hostile Trump administration in the U.S., an investigation on alleged misconduct of th [...]