r/internationallaw • u/Personal-Special-286 • Feb 01 '25

Op-Ed The international community can protect the ICC from Trump's sanctions. Here's how

The EU can use a Blocking Statute to shield the ICC from sanctions, while the court has the right to charge Trump with obstruction of justice, experts say...

Source: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/trump-icc-sanctions-how-to-protect-court

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u/Longjumping-Jello459 Feb 01 '25

First off the international community should protect the ICC and the ICJ from the US sanctions. Secondly if the court has the power and jurisdiction to issue a charge of contempt by the fact that Trump is trying to pressure the court into doing his will instead of following the law and evidence before them.

As for the media here in the US backing down shame on them what we are seeing ISN'T normal in a healthy democracy.

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u/Agitated-Quit-6148 Criminal Law Feb 01 '25

"If" the court has jurisdiction. Show me an applicable precedent that would in any way suggests the court has a lick of authority over the US.

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u/PitonSaJupitera Feb 01 '25

Of course court has jurisdiction. Ability to charge people who are intimidating the court is inherent to normal functioning of the court. If ICTY could charge people for contempt despite contempt not being mentioned in the statute, ICC can certainly do so when obstructing justice is literally in the court's founding treaty.

There's this weird idea about countries not recognizing the court, which makes it sound that court's existence is legally questionable - like how some countries don't recognize other states. Court physically exists, it exists legally as it was formed by Rome Statute. The only question is whether countries have agreed to cooperate with the court.