US bans certain transactions with International Criminal Court

The United States has imposed further sanctions against the International Criminal Court pursuant to Executive Order 14203 signed by President Donald Trump successful February 2025.

“We volition prohibition transactions with this rogue court, cutting disconnected their resources and crippling its quality to operate,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared successful a connection connected Friday.

The apical diplomat said that contempt not being an ICC member, the tribunal is pushing for the prosecution of American citizens, elected officials, servicemembers and borderline patrol agents.

The Department of the Treasury has issued a acceptable of wide licences (GLs) authorising definite transactions involving the ICC to support U.S. interests.

These see a 180-day GL for immoderate ICC activities, including the attraction of its operations, and 1 authorising definite IT-related activities, specified arsenic unreality and bundle services.

Other wide licences announced authorise undertakings related to the Hague-based ICC pension program and circumstantial activities related to ICC detainees.

The 180-day GL, Washington noted, is intended to supply clip for States Parties to show advancement connected diplomatic and ineligible resolutions that code U.S. concerns regarding the ICC.

The ICC said the caller sanctions affecting the full institut...