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2026-07-14 01:56:12
[US State Department Announces Action to "Weaken the International Criminal Court's Operational Capacity"] The US State Department announced on the 13th an action involving multiple government departments to "systematically weaken the International Criminal Court's (ICC) operational capacity," preventing it from taking action against US military personnel or government officials and preventing it from "threatening US sovereignty" in other ways. According to an emailed statement from the State Department to the media, the measures to be taken include revoking the visas of ICC personnel and imposing travel bans on them, increasing sanctions against the ICC and its affiliated institutions, and strengthening diplomatic efforts to urge some countries to withdraw from the ICC. The statement emphasized that the United States has never agreed to accept the jurisdiction of the ICC. (Xinhua)
