Trump administration ICC sanctions push 2026
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ICC prosecutor says court making progress despite US sanctions
The court ruled earlier in 2026 that all charges and applications for warrants should be kept secret until judges decide they can be made public.
Karim Khan denied the sexual harassment charges.
Khan said all investigations across all situations continue and no decision has been made based on sanctions to reduce capability or output.
ICC wins Sakharov Prize, EU's top human rights award
Trump's campaign against the ICC escalated since the court announced arrest warrants in 2024 against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.
Brussels is hoping to use the delay before sanctions are applied to try to talk the US down, and is also eyeing implementing a blocking statute to shield the ICC.
The European Union awarded the International Criminal Court (ICC) its top human rights award, the Sakharov Prize.
US-sanctioned ICC wins top EU human rights prize
US President Donald Trump vowed to dismantle the ICC through fresh sanctions.
The EU award was given two weeks after Trump vowed to dismantle the court.
The EU awarded the International Criminal Court its top human rights award.
Opinion: Stopping Trump's assault on the International Criminal Court
The ICC is located in The Hague.
Three Russian-backed military juntas in the Sahel have announced an intention to withdraw from the ICC.
The ICC president is Judge Tomoko Akane of Japan.
Judge blocks US sanctions on rights groups assisting ICC Gaza war crimes inquiry
Netanyahu and Gallant rejected the accusations against them.
The ruling came days after the US imposed financial sanctions on the ICC.
The ICC issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant, accusing them of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Navi Pillay slams US sanctions against ICC
The US sanctions against the International Criminal Court were imposed shortly after Navi Pillay's Nobel Peace Prize win.
Navi Pillay described the US sanctions against the International Criminal Court as unlawful.
Navi Pillay condemned US sanctions against the International Criminal Court.
Guardian editorial on Trump's assault on the ICC and rule of law
Navi Pillay is a former ICC judge and chair of the UN commission which concluded that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza.
Trump blames Volodymyr Zelenskyy for failing to cut a peace deal and says the democratically elected leader should go.
Trump stated that his own morality is all that constrains him.
Analysis: How the ICC can be saved
On October 10, EU High Representative Kaja Kallas said attacks or threats against the ICC, its officials, and those cooperating with it are not acceptable.
A growing number of EU Member States and MEPs have called on the European Commission to extend its blocking legislation to the anti-ICC sanctions.
The US sanctions block the ICC's assets and property interests in the US or in the possession or control of US persons.
Nobel peace laureate Pillay says US sanctions on ICC unacceptable
The Nobel committee said Pillay was awarded the prize for her efforts to promote peace and international law.
Navi Pillay won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.
The new US sanctions target the ICC itself as an institution and are intended to inhibit its ability to operate financially.
Trump administration efforts to dismantle the ICC
Former ICC judge Navi Pillay was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.
The US has imposed new sanctions on the International Criminal Court.
The ICC was founded in 2002 to prosecute war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.
US sanctions the International Criminal Court
The foreign ministers of Britain, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Canada and Japan issued a joint statement regretting and strongly disagreeing with the sanctions.
The ICC issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2024.
The US Treasury Department provided a six-month grace period before some sanctions take effect.
“We will ban transactions with this rogue court, cutting off their resources and crippling their ability to operate against us. Because our message is clear: the United States and the American people are not subject to the jurisdiction of this fake ICC,”
ICC ends contract with French insurer amid US sanctions threat
The court will use a new health insurance provider but the firm was not specified.
The change was first reported by the Financial Times on Thursday.
The ICC and Axa decided by mutual agreement to terminate their contractual relationship.
Opinion: Israel and US have battered international legal order
In 1977, the UN Security Council imposed a mandatory arms embargo on Pretoria.
Colombia's president had his visa revoked after speaking out on Gaza in the streets of New York.
Netanyahu said, regarding South Africa's Genocide Convention case against Israel, 'Nobody will stop us – not The Hague.'
ICC arrest warrant and Netanyahu's US trip explained
Netanyahu was not arrested after speaking at the UN General Assembly.
An arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes is in effect for Netanyahu.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended his country's military campaigns in Iran, Gaza and elsewhere in the Middle East in a speech to the UN General Assembly on 24 September.
Dutch PM's contrasting stance on ICC warrants for Putin and Netanyahu
Rob Jetten is the Dutch Prime Minister.
Rob Jetten made the statements in an interview with Al Jazeera.
Dutch PM Rob Jetten said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be at the UNGA despite an ICC arrest warrant.
Trump administration readies sweeping sanctions against ICC
The proposed US sanctions would prohibit most transactions with the ICC after a grace period of six to seven months.
Washington has sanctioned more than a dozen ICC judges and prosecutors under an executive order signed by President Donald Trump in February 2025.
Four US-based rights groups sued the Trump administration in August, arguing that existing sanctions obstruct their legal and human rights work.