US State Department sanctions ICC officials and issues ICC-related GL 12

The U.S. State Department imposed blocking sanctions on two International Criminal Court (ICC) officials - President of the ICC and ICC Senior Trial Lawyer (Japan; Senegal) under its International Criminal Court-Related Sanctions Regulations pursuant to Executive Order 14203. The ICC-related designations targeted the officials for their roles in Court efforts to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute officials of states that have not consented to ICC jurisdiction, per the U.S. Secretary of State's August 18 statement framing the action as part of a broader campaign against the Court's asserted authority over nationals of non-States Parties. Concurrent with the designations, OFAC issued International Criminal Court-related General License 12, authorizing wind-down transactions involving the officials or any entity in which either holds a 50% or greater interest, through 12:01 a.m. EDT on September 17, 2026, provided payments to the blocked persons are routed into a blocked interest-bearing U.S. account.