Washington keeps extending sanctions from hostile states to institutions and to nationals of allied countries, so more governments and international bodies build payment, custody and banking channels outside US jurisdiction.
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The new US sanctions on the ICC could restrict dollar banking for its roughly 900 staff, many of them nationals of allied countries. That gives the court and its European host jurisdictions a direct reason to build banking and payment arrangements outside US reach.
The US extended ICC sanctions from individual judges and prosecutors to the court as a whole, hours after former judge Navi Pillay won the Nobel Peace Prize. European banks serving the court now carry US sanctions risk, which gives European institutions a direct reason to build channels outside US jurisdiction.
Supporting · October 11, 2026
Washington Sanctions the International Criminal Court Hours After a Former Judge Wins the Nobel Peace Prize
The new US sanctions on the ICC could restrict dollar banking for its roughly 900 staff, many of them nationals of allied countries. That gives the court and its European host jurisdictions a direct reason to build banking and payment arrangements outside US reach.
MercoPressSupporting · October 10, 2026
United States Sanctions the International Criminal Court Itself Hours After Former Judge Navi Pillay Wins the Nobel Peace Prize
The US extended ICC sanctions from individual judges and prosecutors to the court as a whole, hours after former judge Navi Pillay won the Nobel Peace Prize. European banks serving the court now carry US sanctions risk, which gives European institutions a direct reason to build channels outside US jurisdiction.
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