Trump authorized sanctions against officials investigating United States personnel at the ICC
Reporting and findings
- documented
Trump issued Executive Order 13928 authorizing property blocking and entry restrictions against foreign persons involved in ICC efforts concerning United States or allied personnel.
- documented
Trump signed Executive Order 13928 on 2020-06-11, authorizing property blocking and entry restrictions in connection with specified International Criminal Court investigations or proceedings.
- Federal Register: Executive Order 13928Preamble and operative property-blocking and entry-restriction sections.
- documented
Executive Order 14022, signed April 1, 2021, revoked Executive Order 13928 and terminated its declared national emergency.
- Office of Foreign Assets Control: Termination of Emergency With Respect to the International Criminal CourtOpening announcement and linked Executive Order 14022.
Summary and current status
Executive Order 13928 was revoked in 2021; no court found the underlying allegations proved here.
People and organizations
- International Criminal Courtaccountability institution targeted by the order
- Donald J. Trumppresident issuing the sanctions order
Relationships in this file
- Donald J. Trumpauthorized sanctions against ICC accountability workInternational Criminal Court
Figures
Presidential ICC sanctions authority: EO 139281 executive orders Calculation details
- Basis
- Observed
- Population
- Trump-signed executive orders establishing ICC-related sanctions authority: EO 13928 and EO 14203.
- Period
- 2020-06-11 to 2020-06-11
- As of
- 2020-06-11
- Method
- Count each distinct presidential order establishing ICC sanctions authority once. Exclude individual designations, renewals, implementation rules, licenses, revocations and duplicate announcements. Historical signed actions are counted irrespective of subsequent revocation.
- Uncertainty
- This measures issuance of sanctions authorities, not current active orders or proof of wrongdoing in any underlying ICC case. EO 13928 was revoked April 1, 2021; EO 14203 is separately administered by OFAC.