The HagueUS sanctions give the ICC six months.
Marco Rubio says the ban aims to cut the court’s resources and cripple it.
Treasury’s ban exempts telecommunications, software, pension payments and detainee-related transactions, and follows sanctions on more than a dozen ICC judges and prosecutors.
Dutch Foreign Minister Tom Berendsen says service providers can keep working for the court until then.
Belgium asks EU foreign ministers on Monday to activate the Blocking Statute shielding the court.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 700+ reports worldwide
- The Wall Street Journal
- Al Jazeera Online
- emphasises the six-month grace period and telecom, pension and detainee carve-outs in the sanctions
- TRT World leans critical
- reports the EU's call to activate its Blocking Statute and the 125 Rome Statute states it will work with
Sources: The Wall Street Journal, Al Jazeera Online, TRT World