ICC condemns Trump's sanctions on sanctions against instances

The International Criminal Court (ICC) condemned the sanctions imposed by US President Donald Trump against him. This became known from the statement of the instance on February 7.

"The ICC condemns the issuance of the US decree aimed at imposing sanctions against its officials and damaging its independent and impartial judicial work", - stated in the message.

It is noted that the court stands firmly behind its staff and pledges to "continue to provide justice." The court called on all 125 states parties and civil society to unite to achieve justice.

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The financial sanctions imposed against the ICC by the American leader became known the day before. According to Trump, the actions of this court are "an attack on the sovereignty of the United States" and "undermine the essential work of the government in the field of national security and foreign policy". For this decision, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Trump.

Earlier, on January 20, it was reported that the ICC in The Hague was preparing to impose aggressive economic sanctions from the Trump administration. According to The Guardian, the destabilization of the court may be related to the cancellation of arrest warrants for Netanyahu and the country's former Defense Minister Yoav Galant.

Before that, on January 10, the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress approved a bill to impose sanctions against the International Criminal Court in case of its proceedings against the United States and its allies. It was specified that the project was supported by 243 members of the lower house of Congress, 140 spoke against.

The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu and Galant on November 21, 2024. The court ruled that the two politicians were responsible for war crimes against civilians. The United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Estonia expressed their willingness to comply with the court's decision, while the United States and France opposed it.