Trump used sanctions power against the court investigating U.S. and Israeli personnel
Reporting and findings
- documented
Trump issued Executive Order 14203 authorizing asset blocking and entry restrictions against specified ICC personnel and others connected to investigations of U.S. personnel or personnel of allied states that had not consented to ICC jurisdiction, including Israel.
- The White House: Imposing Sanctions on the International Criminal CourtSections 1–8 of Executive Order 14203
- documented
Treasury's OFAC continued to list and administer the International Criminal Court-related sanctions program under Executive Order 14203 at the September 3, 2026 review date.
- U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control: International Criminal Court-Related SanctionsLegal framework, general licenses, and recent actions visible at review
- documented
Trump signed Executive Order 14203 on 2025-02-06, authorizing property blocking and entry restrictions in connection with specified International Criminal Court investigations or proceedings.
- Federal Register: Executive Order 14203Preamble and operative property-blocking and entry-restriction sections.
Summary and current status
Executive Order 14203 authorized asset blocking and entry restrictions against International Criminal Court personnel and others connected to specified investigations of U.S. personnel and allies, including Israel. Treasury still maintained the active ICC-related sanctions program at the review date. The order attacks the accountability institution; it is not evidence about the merits of any underlying ICC case.
Executive order and OFAC sanctions program active at review.
People and organizations
- International Criminal Courtinstitution targeted by the sanctions program
- Donald J. Trumppresident issuing the sanctions order
- Executive Order 14203sanctions authority
Relationships in this file
- Donald J. Trumpauthorized and maintained sanctions targeting personnel ofInternational Criminal Court
Figures
Presidential ICC sanctions authority: EO 142031 executive orders Calculation details
- Basis
- Observed
- Population
- Trump-signed executive orders establishing ICC-related sanctions authority: EO 13928 and EO 14203.
- Period
- 2025-02-06 to 2025-02-06
- As of
- 2025-02-06
- 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.