The US State Department announced on the 13th that it has launched an operation involving multiple government departments to “systematically weaken the ability of the International Criminal Court to operate,” make it impossible to take action against US military personnel or government officials, and prevent it from “threatening US sovereignty” in other ways. According to an email statement sent to the media by the US State Department, the measures the US side will take include canceling visas for ICC personnel and imposing travel bans on them, increasing sanctions against the ICC and its subsidiary bodies, and strengthening diplomatic negotiations to urge some countries to withdraw from the ICC. The statement stressed that the United States has never agreed to accept the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court.

The US State Department announced on the 13th that it has launched an operation involving multiple government departments to “systematically weaken the ability of the International Criminal Court to operate,” make it impossible to take action against US military personnel or government officials, and prevent it from “threatening US sovereignty” in other ways. According to an email statement sent to the media by the US State Department, the measures the US side will take include canceling visas for ICC personnel and imposing travel bans on them, increasing sanctions against the ICC and its subsidiary bodies, and strengthening diplomatic negotiations to urge some countries to withdraw from the ICC. The statement stressed that the United States has never agreed to accept the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court.