UN's Guterres seriously concerned by US sanctions on ICC

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August 19, 2026 3:05 PM EDT

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends a press conference following a meeting with Cyprus President and Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman at a U.N. compound in the Nicosia airport area,

Aug 19 (Reuters) - ‌U.N. Secretary-General ​Antonio ​Guterres is seriously concerned by the U.S. decision to ‌impose sanctions on International Criminal ⁠Court President Tomoko Akane and senior ‌trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye, ‌a U.N. spokesperson said on Wednesday.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio ​imposed the sanctions on Tuesday in the latest escalation in ⁠the Trump administration's campaign against The Hague-based ​court, which was established in 2002 by the international community to ​prosecute war crimes, ‌genocide and crimes against humanity.

"The Secretary-General expresses serious concern ⁠about this designation, as well as the ongoing designation of other ⁠International Criminal Court employees," U.N. spokesperson Stephane ​Dujarric told a regular U.N. briefing in New York.

Dujarric said that while the United ‌Nations and the ICC were separate institutions with distinct ‌mandates, the U.N. viewed the ⁠court as "a ‌key pillar of ​international criminal justice."

(Reporting by David Brunnstrom; Editing by Chizu ‌Nomiyama)


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