Could US sanctions destroy the International Criminal Court?

Washington's new measures against the ICC have been widely condemned but welcomed by Israel.

The statement by a U.S. State Department spokesperson follows U.S. sanctions announced Tuesday against ICC President Tomoko Akane of Japan.

US President Donald Trump's administration has ramped up its pressure on the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing it of being "politicized." The EU, France, Germany, Spain and Japan have defended the court.

The new sanctions against members of the ICC fall under the State Department’s professed agenda to “dismantle” its jurisdiction.

EU leaders have thrown their support behind the Hague-based International Criminal Court after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced new sanctions on senior figures investigating alleged Israeli war crimes.

THE International Criminal Court (ICC) today condemned the US for imposing new sanctions on its president and top staff. Decrying a “flagrant attack” on the court’s independence, it said that “when judicial actors are threatened for applying the law, it is the international legal order itself that is placed at risk.” U

Four human rights groups have sued the Trump administration over the sanctions.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday slammed the U.S. over sanctions targeting senior staff, vowing to continue to seek out justice after what they described as a “flagrant attack” on the global tribunal’s independence. The sanctions were made against court president Judge Tomoko Akane and the Office of

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday responded to a new round of US sanctions targeting its president and a senior prosecutor, calling them “a flagrant attack” against the court.

The International Criminal Court has condemned the latest US sanctions targeting its senior staff as a 'flagrant attack' on the global tribunal’s independence

Marco Rubio called the International Criminal Court "corrupt" as the Trump administration sanctioned two top ICC officials over jurisdiction disputes.

Today, the Trump administration announced sanctions against two International Criminal Court (ICC) officials, President Tomoko Akane of Japan and the ICC’s senior trial lawyer, Abdoulaye Seye of Senegal. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the organization “corrupt and fatally politicized.” This follows Rubio last mo

TOKYO, Aug 19 — Tokyo objected on Wednesday to sanctions imposed by the United States against International Crimin...

[HRW] Washington -- The United States government on August 18, 2026, designated two additional International Criminal Court (ICC) officials for sanctions under an executive order issued by President Donald Trump in February 2025, Human Rights Watch said today. Those sanctioned are Tomoko Akane, from Japan, the presiden

WASHINGTON (Kyodo) -- The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Tomoko Akane, the first Japanese to lead the International Criminal Court, wit

US sanctions International Criminal Court president, trial lawyer in bid to dismantle body MEE staff on Tue, 08/18/2026 - 20:29 Secretary of State Marco Rubio has previously made it clear he intends to take the court apart 'brick by brick' Japanese Judge Tomoko Akane, president of the Inte

The United States imposed sanctions on Tuesday on the International Criminal Court’s president and a senior trial lawyer at the court, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. The move is the latest escalation in the Trump administration’s campaign against The Hague-based court, which was established ‌in 2002 by the int

WASHINGTON, Aug 18 (Reuters) - The U. S. imposed sanctions on Tuesday on the International Criminal Court's president and a senior trial lawyer at the court, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced US sanctions on the president and a senior trial lawyer of the International Criminal Court (ICC), preventing the two officials from entering the US and using the US financial system.

Marco Rubio targets ICC’s Tomoko Akane and Abdoulaye Seye, who was investigating Israeli war crimes in Gaza The US has sanctioned the president of the international criminal court (ICC) and a prosecutor tasked with investigating crimes committed by Israel during its war on Gaza. The new sanctions designations were unve

The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions against International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane of Japan as part of its campaign against the body that it accuses of being "politicized." Washington also slapped sanctions on ICC Senior Trial Lawyer Abdoulaye Seye of Senegal in the Trump adminis

US sanctions International Criminal Court president, senior lawyer  Reuters