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Politico | Donald Trump authorises sanctions against International Criminal Court
- The efforts come amid Trump administration anger over the ICC’s efforts to look into alleged war crimes by US troops in Afghanistan
- US State Secretary Pompeo described the ICC as “corrupt”, “grossly ineffective” and “highly politicised”
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US President Donald Trump on Thursday moved to further punish officials of the International Criminal Court (ICC), authorising economic sanctions against them as well as the expansion of visa restrictions on the officials and their families.
The president also declared a national emergency with respect to the “threat” he says the ICC poses, a move that lays legal groundwork to impose future sanctions.
The efforts come amid Trump administration anger over the ICC’s efforts to look into alleged war crimes by US troops in Afghanistan.
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The United States is not a party to the international court and does not recognise its authority, and the announcement on Thursday is sure to make the court’s work harder.
The Trump administration in particular has expressed scepticism of multilateral institutions and has limited its role or withdrawn from some such bodies, most recently the World Health Organisation (WHO).
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