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Trump imposes sanctions on the International Criminal Court, reaction from The Hague: Independent work is threatened

2025-02-07 11:48:27Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
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President Donald Trump authorized on Thursday, February 6, 2025, economic and travel sanctions against International Criminal Court employees investigating American citizens or those of allied countries such as Israel, repeating actions he took during his first term in the White House.

The decision coincides with a visit to Washington by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) along with his former defense minister and a leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, in connection with the war in the Gaza Strip. The names of the individuals sanctioned have not yet been released.

In its response, the Court says that the independent and impartial legal work of the Court is threatened.

The court called on all 125 member states to unite behind justice and fundamental human rights.

In 2020, during President Trump's first administration, Washington imposed sanctions on then-prosecutor Fatou Bensouda and one of her top aides over investigations into US troops suspected of war crimes in Afghanistan.

The International Criminal Court, ICC, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The sanctions include freezing any assets in the United States of individuals designated on the sanctions list and barring them and their families from entering the United States.

The 125-member permanent court can prosecute individuals for war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and the crime of aggression against the territory of member states or their nationals. The United States, China, Russia and Israel are not members of the court.

President Trump signed the executive order after Democratic senators blocked a Republican effort last week to pass legislation that would have imposed sanctions on the court.

The court has taken measures to protect its employees from potential US sanctions, paying them three months' salaries in advance, while it is expected to face financial constraints that could harm the functioning of the war crimes court, sources told Reuters news agency last month.

Last December, the court's president, Judge Tomoko Akane, warned that sanctions would "rapidly undermine operations across all situations and issues, as well as jeopardize its very existence."

Russia has also targeted the court. In 2023, the ICC issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin, charging him with war crimes in connection with the illegal deportation of hundreds of children from Ukraine. Russia has banned the ICC’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, from entering the country and has placed him and two other judges on a wanted list.


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