Mark Kersten

“This was the number one concern: the possibility not only that individuals would be sanctioned, but that the court itself would be sanctioned,”

Mark Kersten · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-09

Kersten told Al Jazeera that ICC advocates had feared direct sanctions on the court itself since Trump's second term began.

“Only with the support and concrete action of those states will the court really ultimately survive,”

Mark Kersten · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-09

Kersten said the court's survival depends on support and concrete action from ICC member states.

“That should give people a sense of the significance of this…the worst-case scenario has come about”

Mark Kersten · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-09

Kersten said the worst-case scenario of the court itself being sanctioned has come about.