The Trump administration imposed contemporary sanctions towards the Worldwide Legal Court docket, signaling its willpower to cripple the group on the identical day {that a} former ICC choose received the Nobel Peace Prize.
The U.S. Treasury Division added the complete court docket to its Specifically Designated Nationals record, a transfer that might impose monetary punishment on any entity that does enterprise with the ICC. That announcement was a step up from previous sanctions that focused high officers on the court docket however not the physique itself.
The White Home has lengthy accused the court docket of unfairly concentrating on the U.S. and Israel, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio made clear the Trump administration was ready to go even additional.
