US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order authorising sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC).
A US official confirmed the move after the tribunal issued an arrest warrant last November for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the war in Gaza.
The order approves economic and travel sanctions targeting people who work on ICC investigations of US citizens or allies, such as Israel.
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US President Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC), the White House said.
ReplyDelete"I, Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of America, find that the International Criminal Court (ICC), as established by the Rome Statute, has engaged in illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel. The ICC has, without a legitimate basis, asserted jurisdiction over and opened preliminary investigations concerning personnel of the United States and certain of its allies, including Israel, and has further abused its power by issuing baseless arrest warrants targeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant," the document said.
"The United States unequivocally opposes and expects our allies to oppose any ICC actions against the United States, Israel, or any other ally of the United States that has not consented to ICC jurisdiction. The United States remains committed to accountability and to the peaceful cultivation of international order, but the ICC and parties to the Rome Statute must respect the decisions of the United States and other countries not to subject their personnel to the ICC's jurisdiction, consistent with their respective sovereign prerogatives," the executive order said.
"The United States will impose tangible and significant consequences on those responsible for the ICC's transgressions, some of which may include the blocking of property and assets, as well as the suspension of entry into the United States of ICC officials, employees, and agents, as well as their immediate family members, as their entry into our nation would be detrimental to the interests of the United States," the document said.
"I therefore determine that any effort by the ICC to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute protected persons <…> constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States, and I hereby declare a national emergency to address that threat," Trump said in his executive order.