ICC deputy prosecutor says court insulated against US sanctions, FT reports


FILE PHOTO: An exterior of The International Criminal Court (ICC) is seen in The Hague, Netherlands, September 22, 2025. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo

Sept 25 (Reuters) - ⁠The International Criminal Court has ⁠insulated itself against potential court-wide USsanctions, ‌its deputy prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan told the Financial Times in an interview published ​on Friday.

"We have done ⁠a lot of ⁠work to ensure that the court ⁠is ‌buffered from the impacts of any potential sanctions in ⁠the future," she told the FT.

The ​tribunal ‌has spent the past year overhauling ⁠its ​systems, shifting its office software from Microsoft to German open-source alternative openDesk, ⁠and finding workarounds for ​health insurance and banking, Khan said.

The court has also been paying employees ⁠months in advance to mitigate payroll disruption, according to the FT.

Reuters reported earlier this week that US ​President Donald Trump's administration ⁠has prepared sanctions against the entire ​International Criminal Court ‌and plans to announce ​them soon.

(Reporting by Chandni Shah in BengaluruEditing by Peter Graff)

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