Trump administration launches effort to isolate International Criminal Court: Report
Rubio said the State Department will press countries to withdraw support and consider travel bans, visa revocations and new sanctions against ICC officials.
- On Monday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a 'campaign to dismantle' the International Criminal Court, characterizing the Hague-based tribunal as an 'intolerable threat to US sovereignty' attempting to undermine American legal systems.
- Washington's aggressive posture intensified after the ICC issued arrest warrants in November 2024 for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; President Donald Trump's return to office in 2025 prompted asset freezes and travel bans on court officials.
- The State Department launched a 'whole-of-government' response to 'systematically disable' the court's operations through increased sanctions, visa revocations, and pressure on nations to withdraw financial support and prevent prosecution of American servicemen.
- Three ICC judges sanctioned by the Trump administration filed a lawsuit in June against senior US officials, with Canadian judge Kimberly Prost, Uganda's Solomy Balungi Bossa, and Benin's Reine Adelaide Sophie Alapini-Gansou claiming the measures exert unlawful pressure.
- Kenneth Roth, former executive director of Human Rights Watch, wrote that Rubio 'can't even make an honest case for attacking the International Criminal Court,' while advocacy group Democracy for the Arab World Now criticized the campaign as undermining the rules-based international order.
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The US administration opened a new diplomatic front after Secretary of State Marco Rubio called for the abolition of the International Criminal Court, an institution that he considers a direct threat to the sovereignty of the United States. The statement marks one of the toughest positions that Washington has expressed vis-à-vis the international court and risks increasing tensions between the US and some of its allies.
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