The International Criminal Court (https://www.icc-cpi.int/) — the permanent international tribunal established by the Rome Statute to prosecute war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and the crime of aggression. Incidents tagged with ICC relevance may fall under ICC jurisdiction or involve U.S. attempts to obstruct ICC investigations.
A systematic campaign to destroy the International Criminal Court's ability to hold Americans accountable for war crimes, combining unprecedented sanctions on judges with demands to rewrite the Rome …
On February 6, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14203 imposing sanctions on the ICC, blocking property of the Chief Prosecutor …
The administration demanded three conditions: the ICC must guarantee it will not investigate Trump or his top officials, drop investigations …
The administration imposed escalating sanctions on ICC officials -- including judges and prosecutors -- for investigating US citizens and allies, obstructing international criminal accountability and …
EO 14203 authorized visa restrictions and financial penalties against ICC officials investigating US citizens or allies, specifically …
Sanctions were progressively expanded from prosecutor Karim Khan to four ICC judges and eventually 11 officials by December 2025.
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Updated August 8, 2025Foreign Policy & War
Serious Rights ViolationOngoingOfficial executive action
The United States sanctioned a UN human rights investigator for performing the duties of her mandate, in what UN experts described as an unprecedented threat to the international human rights system.
Francesca Albanese was sanctioned under EO 14203 for engaging with the ICC in its investigation of Israel.
Sanctions include asset freezes, prohibition on donations and transfers, and suspension of U.S. entry.