Earlier, the United States has already imposed targeted sanctions against several prosecutors and judges of the court, but MUS entering the sanctions list would become a serious escalation, the agency emphasized.
His six interlocutors said that the decision on such sanctions against the organization is expected in the near future.
According to them, representatives of the Mus have already held emergency internal meetings to discuss the consequences of possible comprehensive sanctions by the United States. Meetings were also held with diplomats of the Court members.
As Reuters indicated, sanctions against the Mus as institutions can affect its basic daily activities – from the opportunity to pay salaries to personnel to access to bank accounts and ordinary office software.
According to media reports, in order to mitigate potential consequences, Musa officers in September received salaries before the end of 2025. The court is also looking for alternative suppliers of banking services and software, noted Reuters.
Context
The International Criminal Court, based in the Hague (Netherlands), acts on the basis of the Roman Statute, which was adopted in 1998, it entered into force since 2002. He considers crimes against humanity, cases of genocide and war crimes. At the same time, the jurisdiction of the court applies only to states that ratified the Roman Statute.
On February 6, US President Donald Trump imposed sanctions against the International Criminal Court, which “committed illegal and unreasonable actions” directed against America and its close ally of Israel. In Mus, in response, they said that they would continue to provide justice.
On June 5, US sanctions were imposed against four Musa judges. Two of them allowed an investigation against US staff in Afghanistan, two more-allowed the arrest of the prime minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu and the former Minister of Defense of Israel, Yoav Gazalant. “Mus is politicized and falsely declares unlimited powers to investigate, accuse and persecute citizens of the United States and our allies. This is a dangerous statement and abuse of power encroach on the sovereignty and national security of the United States and our allies, including Israel,” Washington said.
In response, the United States was accused of undermining the justice system.
Earlier, in March 2023, the Mus issued an arrest warrant of illegitimate Russian President Vladimir Putin due to the deportation of Ukrainian children in the Russian Federation.
