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LICENSE No. ICC-EO14203-2026-1485152-1
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT-RELATED SANCTIONS REGULATIONS
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Issued under the authority of one or more of 50 U.S.C. §§ 1601-51, 1701-06, Pub. L. 113-278, Executive Order 14203, and 31 CFR part 528.
To: Josh Paul
c/o Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University
475 Riverside Drive, Suite 302
New York, NY 10115
Attn: Xiangnong Wang
1. Based upon your request dated April 27, 2026, on behalf of Josh Paul, to the Office of Foreign Assets Control (the “Application”), the transactions described herein are hereby authorized.
2. This License is subject to the condition, among others, that the Licensee(s) comply with its terms and with all regulations, rulings, orders, and instructions issued under any of the authorities cited above.
3. This License...
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1) Applicant is a U.S. person that was approached by counsel for an SDN to serve as an expert witness in a Canadian court case in which the SDN was a plaintiff. The application states that while “[t]he request came from counsel representing the petitioning parties,” the U.S. person’s duty would be to “assist the Court impartially on matters relevant to his or her area of expertise” and “to be independent and objective”; in other words, he would not be “an advocate for a party.” On this basis the applicant argued that the “service” aspect of the blocking prohibition would not be implicated, and that, separately, the activities would be exempt under the informational materials exemption and protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In support of the First Amendment argument, the applicant cited three ICC-related court opinions that...