War crimes court condemns Trump's sanctions against its staff

Such measures increase the risk of impunity for the most serious crimes and threaten to erode the international rule of law, which is crucial for promoting global order and security,

the 79 countries, including South Africa and Mexico said

The court, in order to undertake its investigations, needs funding. It needs the cooperation of banks, of travel agents, of various businesses and third parties. If they have to fear sanctions from the US, that will have a significant effect,

Dill added

The sanctions... do have the potential of freezing property and assets, as well as suspending entry into the United States of ICC officials and their immediate family members,

Zachary Kaufman told the BBC World Service

This malign conduct in turn threatens to infringe upon the sovereignty of the United States and undermines the critical national security and foreign policy work of the United States government and our allies, including Israel,

the order said

Europe will always stand for justice and the respect of international law,

she said

The court should be fully able to undertake its independent work -- where a state is unwilling or unable genuinely to carry out the investigation or prosecution,

UN human rights office OHCHR spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani told AFP in an email

The court stands firmly by its personnel and pledges to continue providing justice and hope to millions of innocent victims of atrocities across the world,

It said ... and it urged its 125 member states “to stand united” for justice and human rights

Today’s executive order is vindictive. It is aggressive. It is a brutal step that seeks to undermine and destroy what the international community has painstakingly constructed over decades, if not centuries: global rules that are applicable to everyone and aim to deliver justice for all.”

She said on Thursday

We deeply regret the individual sanctions announced yesterday against court personnel, and call for this measure to be reversed,

said Ravina Shamdasani, a spokesperson for the UN human rights office

I strongly commend @POTUS President Trump's executive order imposing sanctions on the so-called 'international criminal court',

Gideon Saar wrote on X,

The ICC has no jurisdiction over the United States or Israel, as neither country is a party to the Rome Statute or a member of the ICC,

the Executive Order signed by Trump said

The ICC condemns the issuance by the US of an Executive Order seeking to impose sanctions on its officials and harm its independent and impartial judicial work,

the statement read

Victims of human rights abuses around the world turn to the international criminal court when they have nowhere else to go, and President Trump’s executive order will make it harder for them to find justice,

said Charlie Hogle, staff attorney with American Civil Liberties Union’s National Security Project

Caspar Veldkampdutch Foreign Minister

The Netherlands regrets the executive order imposing sanctions on the ICC. The court’s work is essential in the fight against impunity,

the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Caspar Veldkamp, said in a statement

We just have put every project on hold, because we don’t know what the sanctions will mean,

the head of one advocacy group told the AP on the condition of anonymity

We call on our 125 States Parties, civil society and all nations of the world to stand united for justice and fundamental human rights,

it said