ICC prosecutor says court making ‘significant progress’ despite US sanctions

ICC deputy prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan: ‘We haven’t made any decision based on the sanctions to reduce our capability.’ Photograph: Piroschka Van De Wouw/Reuters

The deputy prosecutor of the international criminal court has said that new US sanctions are already beginning to take effect on its staff but insisted they have not hindered the court’s work.

US secretary of state Marco Rubio announced the sanctions earlier this month, accusing the ICC – a frequent Trump administration target – of being a “rogue court” and declaring: “Either the ICC will end its threats, or we will end the ICC.”