AP: Trump's sanctions on ICC prosecutor have halted tribunal's work

[Dennis Donovan]

AP - Trump’s sanctions on ICC prosecutor have halted tribunal’s work

By MOLLY QUELL
Updated 5:26 AM EDT, May 15, 2025

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court ’s chief prosecutor has lost access to his email, and his bank accounts have been frozen.

The Hague-based court’s American staffers have been told that if they travel to the U.S. they risk arrest.

Some nongovernmental organizations have stopped working with the ICC and the leaders of one won’t even reply to emails from court officials.

Those are just some of the hurdles facing court staff since U.S. President Donald Trump in February slapped sanctions on its chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, according to interviews with current and former ICC officials, international lawyers and human rights advocates.

The sanctions will “prevent victims from getting access to justice,” said Liz Evenson, international justice director at Human Rights Watch.

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[2naSalit]

1. And...

That was the point.

[RoseTrellis]

2. What the hell?

This outrageous! The idea that the U.S. — a country that *claims* to stand for justice and human rights — is actively sabotaging the International Criminal Court because it dares to hold powerful people accountable? That’s authoritarian garbage, plain and simple! This is something you’d expect from dictatorships, not the so-called “leader of the free world!

[Leghorn21]

3. I cannot. fucking.

deal

W T F F

[Ping Tung]

4. He should be in the ICC dock for being an accomplice to the murders and other war crimes

He should be in the ICC dock for being an accomplice to the murders and other war crimes he's trying to cover up.

[lindysalsagal]

5. How does the gangster have access to a foreigner's accounts?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

6. Lock his stinky ass up

[Rhiannon12866]

7. Good Grief!!!