The United States sanctioned the president of the International Criminal Court, a court in the Netherlands that prosecutes war crimes.
The United States placed sanctions on Tomoko Akane, a Japanese citizen who heads the International Criminal Court, as part of a wider US campaign against the court.
The US Treasury has sanctioned International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane and a senior court lawyer, the deepest blow yet in an American campaign against the court, which the administration has vowed to dismantle "brick by brick."
Two US human rights groups, DAWN and the Taxpayer Alliance Against Genocide, are suing the Trump administration over sanctions it placed on the International Criminal Court, the world's top war-crimes tribunal.
The Council of the European Union, the body where the 27 member governments make decisions, has formally turned the bloc's 21st set of penalties on Russia into law.