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Trump Sanctions ICC Leaders, Warns Against “Disabling” Campaign

9/4/2026

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President Donald Trump’s administration sanctioned ICC president Tomoko Akane, senior lawyer and UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese.
ICC Assembly president Paivi Kaukoranta and seven former presidents issued an op-ed warning diplomatic isolation erodes confidence in the order.
The authors urged the ICC’s 125 member states and organisations to provide political, legal and practical backing.
State Department spokeswoman Paloma Chacón said the campaign to disable the ICC will continue.

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President Donald Trump’s administration sanctioned ICC president Tomoko Akane, senior lawyer and UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese.
ICC Assembly president Paivi Kaukoranta and seven former presidents issued an op-ed warning diplomatic isolation erodes confidence in the order.
The authors urged the ICC’s 125 member states and organisations to provide political, legal and practical backing.
State Department spokeswoman Paloma Chacón said the campaign to disable the ICC will continue.