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UK will not follow US on ICC sanctions, PM's spokesperson says
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on February 7, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 26, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on February 7, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 26, 2026
The UK supports the ICC's independence and will not impose sanctions on its officials, diverging from the US stance under President Trump.
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain supports the independence of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and has no plans to sanction its officials, Prime Minister Keir Starmer's spokesperson said on Friday.
The spokesperson was asked about the ICC after U.S. President Donald Trump authorised economic and travel sanctions targeting people who work on ICC investigations of U.S. citizens or allies such as Israel.
"That's a matter for the U.S.," the spokesperson told reporters. "As for the UK, we support the independence of the ICC, and therefore have no plans to sanction individual court officials."
(Reporting by Andrew MacAskill, writing by Sarah Young, editing by William James)
The article discusses the UK's support for the ICC's independence and its decision not to impose sanctions on ICC officials, unlike the US.
The UK supports the independence of the ICC and has no plans to sanction its officials, as confirmed by the Prime Minister's spokesperson.
The US, under President Trump, has authorized economic and travel sanctions targeting ICC officials investigating US citizens or allies.
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