{"id":467578,"date":"2026-10-09T19:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T17:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/10\/09\/gli-usa-annunciano-sanzioni-contro-la-corte-penale-internazionale-lue-deplorabile-bruxelles-pronta-a-intervenire\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T19:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T17:51:11","slug":"the-us-announces-sanctions-against-the-international-criminal-court-the-eu-calls-it-regrettable-brussels-is-ready-to-take-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/10\/09\/the-us-announces-sanctions-against-the-international-criminal-court-the-eu-calls-it-regrettable-brussels-is-ready-to-take-action\/","title":{"rendered":"The US announces sanctions against the International Criminal Court; the EU calls it \u201cregrettable\u201d. Brussels is ready to take action"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 The United States has announced sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) \u2013 following numerous threats<\/a> \u2013 and the European Union has come out in defence of the court, assuring that it will take all necessary measures to ensure its continued operation. Washington\u2019s decision, as announced by the US Treasury Department<\/a>, comes at the very same time as the award of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to Navanethem \u201cNavi\u201d Pillay<\/strong>, a South African lawyer and former judge at the ICC and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. \u201cWe will ban transactions with this rogue court, cutting off its resources and paralysing its operational capacity,\u201d said US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, announcing the sanctions. \u201cPresident Trump will never allow the International Criminal Court to prosecute American citizens,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n

The US position is aimed at preventing the ICC from prosecuting US citizens<\/strong>, against a backdrop of tensions with the international judicial body, to which the United States is not a party. The sanctions risk undermining the court\u2019s activities and hindering the work of those who collaborate with it. <\/p>\n

The International Criminal Court has entrusted the states that established it with the responsibility of safeguarding its future. \u201cThe Rome Statute represents a collective promise: the most serious crimes, which are of concern to the entire international community, must not go unpunished,\u201d reads the body’s <\/a>statement, <\/a>which<\/span> calls on countries to take concrete measures to ensure the resources necessary for the continuation of its activities<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

“This is not merely a matter of defending a single institution, but of safeguarding the international order based on the rule of law,” the Court emphasises, warning that the consequences of the crisis also affect the protection of victims of mass atrocities. \u201cNo one should be punished for serving the cause of justice,<\/strong>\u201d continues the statement, which places the responsibility on the international community to demonstrate whether it intends to uphold the proclaimed principles or abandon them under pressure. <\/p>\n

“It is deeply regrettable that the United States has announced its intention to impose sanctions,” said the European Commission in a note<\/a>, reiterating the EU\u2019s support for the ICC. Brussels has given assurances that it will work \u201cin close contact\u201d with the court to ensure its continued and effective operation <\/strong>and with all 125 States Parties to the Rome Statute to safeguard its independence. <\/p>\n

The EU is also prepared to take \u201call necessary measures\u201d<\/strong> to enable the Court to continue its work in investigating and prosecuting war crimes and crimes against humanity, while safeguarding the interests of European operators in the single market. The Commission has also emphasised that \u201cthe six-month period\u201d provided for before the measures come into force \u201cstill leaves room for dialogue.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Before the US decision against the ICC was announced, the Nobel Peace Prize runner-up, Pillay, had called on political leaders to fulfil their responsibilities<\/strong> in safeguarding human rights and upholding international law. \u201cYou have a legal obligation: beyond any other moral commitment, you have a legal obligation to protect human rights, to prevent war and to give substance to the United Nations Charter,\u201d she stated during a brief press conference at the International Academy of the Nuremberg Principles. <\/p>\n

Words which, in light of the sanctions announced a few hours later by Washington, take on an even greater significance.<\/strong> \u201cThe last thing we want is for rogue states to act on their own initiative, as in the case of the attack on the International Criminal Court,\u201d she added, calling on every state to fulfil its obligations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“This is not merely a matter of defending a single institution, but of safeguarding the international order based on the rule of law,” the ICC explained in a press release in which it calls on states to take concrete measures to ensure the necessary resources for the continuation of its activities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7896,"featured_media":453908,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25712,29788],"tags":[26308,27911,28877,30324,36190,25804,34011,36191,33394,28199,26326],"class_list":["post-467578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","category-diritti-en","tag-cpi-en","tag-icc-en","tag-court-penal-international-en","tag-marco-rubio-en","tag-navanethem-navi-pillay","tag-sanctionsin","tag-sanzioni-alla-corte-penale-internazionale","tag-sanzioni-stati-uniti","tag-ue","tag-nations-united-en","tag-states-united-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7896"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=467578"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":467579,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467578\/revisions\/467579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}