Trump Imposes New Sanctions on ICC After Former Judge Wins Nobel Prize
New American sanctions aim to punish companies that provide services to the ICC. Read the report in Gazeta do Povo
TL;DR
- The US government under President Donald Trump has imposed new sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC).
- These sanctions aim to punish companies providing services to the ICC and prohibit transactions with the tribunal.
- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that the US will never allow the ICC to prosecute Americans.
- The ICC's deputy prosecutor, Nazhat Shameem Khan, condemned the sanctions as an attempt to undermine international law and the court's work.
- The sanctions were announced on the same day former ICC judge Navi Pillay received the Nobel Peace Prize.
- The US has been actively trying to "dismantle" the ICC since Trump's return to the White House in January 2025, imposing sanctions on judges and prosecutors and pressuring other countries to leave the court.
- A key point of US dissatisfaction is the ICC's 2024 arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged war crimes in Gaza.
- Trump has previously criticized the ICC as an "outlaw institution" and an "anti-American tribunal" with no jurisdiction over the US.