The Trump administration on Friday designated the International Criminal Court under Executive Order 14203, expanding prior measures that had already targeted 17 ICC judges and officials.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the sanctions bar transactions with the court, freeze any ICC assets in U.S. jurisdiction, and are meant to cut off its resources. “Either the ICC will end its threats, or we will end the ICC,” he said, adding that President Trump “will never allow” the court to prosecute Americans. Treasury issued a 180-day general license for operational continuity, plus exemptions for certain IT, software, pension, and related activity, which the State Department said leaves room for the court and member states to address U.S. concerns.

The move came hours after former ICC judge Navi Pillay was awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. Washington has long rejected ICC jurisdiction over U.S. personnel and has objected to warrants involving Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and to a past Afghanistan inquiry.

The ICC called the sanctions an assault on the rule of law and said it would continue its mandate, urging member states to ensure it can operate. The United States is not a party to the Rome Statute.

The previous Russian attaché was expelled in 2022 following Russia’s Ukraine invasion and implicated in an espionage/disinformation scandal. Source: Pravda Ukraine