A deputy prosecutor said the International Criminal Court has changed its technology systems and made other arrangements to protect its operations from possible sanctions.
Dutch minister Tom Berendsen says the Netherlands wants the EU to ready a blocking statute to protect the International Criminal Court from additional US sanctions, pledging to 'do everything we can' to defend the court.
South Africa's foreign minister said a US threat to sanction the ICC as an institution needs to be resisted, as the Trump administration widens its pressure on the court, The Guardian reports.
Rob Jetten told the UN General Assembly that undermining the court 'affects us all.'
Senator Chris Van Hollen's remarks follow reports that the Trump administration is preparing sweeping sanctions against the International Criminal Court.
The measures would bar broad transactions with the tribunal after it issued arrest warrants for Israeli officials over alleged war crimes.
The International Criminal Court found Mahamat Said Abdel Kani guilty of torture and unlawful imprisonment linked to a notorious detention centre in Bangui.
The announcement follows President Trump's earlier call for countries to leave the International Criminal Court.