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U.S. Threatens Sanctions on ICC Unless Court Pledges Not to Prosecute Trump

The threatened penalties would move beyond earlier actions against individual officials to measures that could disrupt the court’s ability to operate.

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Overview

  • Reuters reported on Dec. 10 that Washington has asked the International Criminal Court for assurances it will not bring war-crimes charges against the president.
  • The administration has warned it may sanction the court itself if the requested guarantee is not provided, according to the same reporting.
  • The Mainichi, citing Reuters, said the United States is also quietly pushing for changes to the Rome Statute that would secure immunity for Trump and senior officials.
  • U.S. measures already include sanctions on nine ICC judges and prosecutors, and Washington has sought the withdrawal of arrest warrants for Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu and changes to probes related to Afghanistan.
  • Heightened scrutiny of U.S. strikes on suspected drug‑smuggling ships in Latin American waters has raised legal concerns, and the ICC has not publicly offered the guarantee the United States wants.