Media: U.S. sanctions package against the ICC is ready
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has already prepared a full package of sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) as an organization and intends to announce its imposition in the near future.
This was reported by Reuters, citing two sources.
According to them, a final decision could be made this week. As the agency's interlocutors specified, if sanctions are imposed against the ICC as an organization, American citizens and companies will be prohibited from providing the court with funds, goods, and services without a special license from the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). The restrictions could significantly complicate the court's activities, including the purchase of IT services and insurance, the hiring of investigators, and the conduct of day-to-day financial transactions. The payment of salaries to dozens of ICC employees holding American citizenship would also be jeopardized.
On September 20, The Wall Street Journal, citing U.S. officials and documents, reported that the U.S. administration was preparing extensive sanctions against the ICC. It was noted that the restrictions would concern, in particular, most financial transactions with the court, which "could potentially paralyze the court's work by banning transactions in dollars and cutting it off from much of the financial system." The current U.S. administration has already imposed sanctions on the ICC several times. Trump signed an executive order providing for restrictions against the court's officials on February 6, 2025. The American government accused the ICC of improper actions against Washington and its allies, such as Israel.
