US imposes sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court

Washington has frozen the court's US assets and barred dealings with it, drawing condemnation from the UN and the European Commission.

• The United States has imposed new sanctions on the International Criminal Court, freezing its US assets and giving companies six months to end business ties with it.
• Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington will ban dealings with the court and work to cut its resources.
• The European Commission said it is ready to take all necessary measures to ensure the court can continue its work.
• UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the sanctions and called on states to uphold their obligations under international law.
• The sanctions were announced hours after former ICC judge Navi Pillay received the Nobel Peace Prize.
• Rubio accused the ICC of exceeding its remit by pursuing non-member states, citing its warrants for Israeli leaders over Gaza.
• Rubio threatened to dismantle the International Criminal Court if allies fail to rein it in.
• Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay condemned the US sanctions on the ICC as 'unheard of' and 'unacceptable'.