US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after former judge wins Nobel Peace Prize

drcongo

He knows they're coming for him.

AdmiralAsshat

> "President Trump will never allow the International Criminal Court to prosecute Americans," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement, first published by Reuters. Can't think of a more flagrant and succinct declaration that the US believes itself "above the law."

LightBug1

Sanctions ffs ... what a pathetic administration ...

tamimio

Another reason to fund the efforts to decouple from US companies, including payment processors. More investment in open source software and open weight models should be the priority of all governments and initiatives.

pelagicAustral

I thought it was FIFA the one in charge of the Peace prize now. I'm confused.

einpoklum

> "President Trump will never allow the International Criminal Court to prosecute Americans" ... but his government does support the ICC prosecuting Russians, on behalf of Ukraine, even though none of the two states is a party to the Rome statute / member of the court.

nxobject

Given the fact that signatories to the Rome Statute outnumber countries that aren’t, I’m not quite sure who the rogue is here…

drop_star

Well the GOP has gotta try and protect their guy. And Trumps a pedophile so this makes sense.

BLKNSLVR

It seems that US Exceptionalism is what the US people wanted, and they're getting it in spades.

GolfPopper

For anyone who hasn't seen Mitchell and Webb's "Are We the Baddies?" https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h242eDB84zY&pp=ygUSYXJlIHdlIHR...

PeterCorless

I am so disgusted by this current regime.

megous

Country that supports war criminals and helps genocidares and land thiefs by giving them free bombs and planes, sanctioned organization that punishes such acts. Not a big surprise. Also directly targeting foreigners who provide evidence to the court is also pretty clear evidence of american intention here. Hide their crimes. Several such human rights organizations were targeted independently of this for cooperation with ICC, like Al-Haq, Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights, and PCHR.

gandalfian

You would think google, microsoft and apple would be having kittens over this. How will any government or large corporation trust their goods and services if they can be disabled at will because the USA government takes offence to you, or someone in your department. Good for linux I guess but pain for the rest of us.

llm_nerd

Every nation must ban companies operating in their country from conforming to unrecognized foreign sanctions. This has been long, long overdue, and the time is absolutely now. If Visa, Mastercard, Microsoft, or any other company wants to operate in other countries, punitively obeying insane US sanctions is untenable. And for the "yeah, but then the US will retaliate" chimps: You have literally nothing left. Your lame duck halfwit and his administration of grifters, fraudsters and charlatans blew their load.

classified

> Rubio calls tribunal a 'rogue court' Of course, from the perspective of a committed criminal, upholding the law is "going rogue".

mannyv

The ICC is an attempt by European leftists to impose their value system on the smaller or poorer countries. Where are the ICC cases against Saudi? Syria? Yemen? Egypt? Most of Africa? North Korea? Haiti? Nicaragua? India? Iran? It's a kangaroo court that gives retired judges jobs and powerless liberals the illusion they're doing something.

RobotToaster

From the Rome Statute of the ICC > Article 70. Offences against the administration of Justice > 1. The Court shall have jurisdiction over the following offences against its administration of justice when committed intentionally: > (e) Retaliating against an official of the court on account of duties performed by that or another official; Can the ICC now please just put an arrest warrant out for Trump, Rubio, and anyone else involved in these sanctions.

ChrisArchitect

Official post from State https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesman/2026/...

phyzome

Hopefully this helps lead to US sanctions having less global power.

throwaway00k

Can you see any difference between america, china and Russia?