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The U.S. demands changes to the ICC's Rome Statute to prevent prosecutions of Trump and officials, threatening sanctions if the court does not comply, escalating tensions over sovereignty.
- Dec 10 Reuters reported the Trump administration privately threatened new U.S. sanctions on the International Criminal Court unless it pledged not to prosecute President Donald Trump, pressing members to change the Rome Statute.
- U.S. officials say they fear prosecutions after January of 2029 and earlier this year imposed sanctions on ICC officials to pressure the court to drop charges.
- The ICC’s rules complicate Washington’s push, as the court has 125 member states, the United States is not party to the Rome Statute, and amending it requires two‑thirds of ratifying states.
- U.S. officials warned they may penalize more ICC officials and sanction the court as an entity, which could disrupt paying staff and accessing bank accounts and routine office software.
- Experts and court advisers reject sweeping immunity, noting Assembly of States Parties must approve changes, and Jon Heller said `Amending the Rome Statute to exclude non-state parties will never happen`, while two ICC deputy prosecutors said they had no requests to investigate U.S. actions regarding Venezuela.
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US threatens new ICC sanctions unless court pledges not to prosecute Trump
President Donald Trump's administration wants the International Criminal Court to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate the Republican president and his top officials, a Trump administration official said, threatening new U.S. sanctions on the court if it did not.
U.S. threatens new ICC sanctions unless court pledges not to prosecute Trump
If the court does not act on U.S. demands, including dropping investigations of Israeli leaders over the Gaza war and formally ending a probe of U.S. troops over their actions in Afghanistan, Washington may penalize ICC officials and sanction the court itself, an official said
The Trump administration wants the International Criminal Court (ICC) to amend its founding document to ensure that it does not investigate the Republican President and his senior officials, otherwise threatening new sanctions against the court: the scribe... (ANSA)
US Threatens New ICC Sanctions Unless Court Pledges Not to Prosecute Trump
President Donald Trump's administration wants the International Criminal Court to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate the Republican president and his top officials, a Trump administration official said...
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