Beijing (ANTARA) \u2014 China has stressed that it is not a member of the\nInternational Criminal Court (ICC) and therefore will not interfere in\nthe United States\u2019 decision to impose sanctions on the institution.<\/p>\n
\u201cChina is not a state party to the Rome Statute of the International\nCriminal Court. China\u2019s position on relevant issues remains consistent,\u201d\nForeign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a press conference in\nBeijing on Monday (12 October).<\/p>\n
The ICC has 125 states parties to the Rome Statute: 33 from Africa,\n19 from the Asia-Pacific, 20 from Eastern Europe, 28 from Latin America\nand the Caribbean, and 25 from Western Europe and other states. China,\nthe United States and Indonesia are not among them.<\/p>\n
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Friday (9 October)\nthat the United States was imposing sanctions on the ICC.<\/p>\n
In a statement on social media, Rubio said: \u201cWe will prohibit\ntransactions with this rogue court, cut off its resources and cripple\nits ability to operate against us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rubio said the US would continue its campaign to \u201cdismantle\u201d the\ncourt until US citizens were no longer at risk. He also called on allies\nto help \u201crein in\u201d the ICC.<\/p>\n
The US had previously imposed individual sanctions on ICC President\nTomoko Akane, a Japanese national, and Abdoulaye Seye, a senior ICC\nprosecutor from Senegal.<\/p>\n
Based in The Hague, the ICC is an independent international court\nthat prosecutes individuals suspected of genocide, crimes against\nhumanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression.<\/p>\n
The ICC may exercise jurisdiction only when a member state is unable\nor unwilling to prosecute serious crimes itself.<\/p>\n
However, the court\u2019s statute also gives it authority to prosecute\nnationals of non-member states for crimes committed on the territory of\na member state.<\/p>\n
Rubio said the ICC could pose a threat to US personnel enforcing the\nTrump administration\u2019s strict immigration policies or conducting\n\u201canti-drug\u201d operations against vessels in international waters, as well\nas to other US military personnel.<\/p>\n
In 2025, the US imposed sanctions on several ICC officials after the\ncourt issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin\nNetanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant over the war in the Gaza\nStrip.<\/p>\n
In July 2026, Rubio said the Trump administration would step up\nefforts to weaken the ICC, including through a diplomatic campaign to\npersuade other countries to leave the court.<\/p>\n
Chad and Venezuela have followed the US call and withdrawn from the\nICC.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/china-says-it-will-not-interfere-in-us-sanctions-against-the-icc-1791878064", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }