Marco Rubio says: "Either the ICC will end its threats, or we will end the ICC"
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The Trump administration has announced sweeping new sanctions against the International Criminal Court, escalating its campaign against the tribunal over its investigations involving Americans and Israeli officials. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the measures Friday Oct. 9, accusing the ICC of overstepping its authority and pursuing politically motivated prosecutions. The sanctions freeze any ICC assets under U.S. jurisdiction and give American businesses six months to end their dealings with the court. Rubio called the ICC a "rogue court" and warned, "Either the ICC will end its threats, or we will end the ICC." The court condemned the sanctions as an attack on the rule of law and the international legal order. ICC President Tomoko Akane warned that the measures could undermine efforts to deliver justice to victims of war crimes and other atrocities, vowing that the tribunal would not bow to outside pressure. The United States is not a member of the ICC, which prose
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