The US Is Weaponizing Aid to Force Countries Out of the International Criminal Court

Secretary of State Marco Rubio launched a formal campaign in July 2026 to dismantle the International Criminal Court by pressuring its 125-plus member states. The State Department plans to deploy sanctions, travel bans, and visa revocations against countries reliant on US assistance that refuse to abandon the Rome Statute. This escalates prior actions against individual ICC officials, directly threatening treaty membership and testing whether aid-dependent and European nations will withdraw under pressure.