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Executive Order 14203 of February 6, 2025 

Imposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court 

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the 

laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency 

Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), section 212(f) of the Immigration 

and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section 301 of title 

3, United States Code, 

I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find 

that the International Criminal Court (ICC), as established by the Rome 

Statute, has engaged in illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America 

and our close ally Israel. The ICC has, without a legitimate basis, asserted 

jurisdiction over and opened preliminary investigations concerning personnel 

of the United States and certain of its allies, including Israel, and has 

further abused its power by issuing baseless arrest warrants targeting Israeli 

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Former Minister of Defense Yoav 

Gallant. The ICC has no jurisdiction over the United States or Israel, as 

neither country is party to the Rome Statute or a member of the ICC. 

Neither country has ever recognized the ICC’s jurisdiction, and both nations 

are thriving democracies with militaries that strictly adhere to the laws 

of war. The ICC’s recent actions against Israel and the United States set 

a dangerous precedent, directly endangering current and former United States 

personnel, including active service members of the Armed Forces, by exposing them to harassment, abuse, and possible arrest. This malign conduct 

in turn threatens to infringe upon the sovereignty of the United States 

and undermines the critical national security and foreign policy work of 

the United States Government and our allies, including Israel. Furthermore, 

in 2002, the Congress enacted the American Servicemembers’ Protection 

Act of 2002 (22 U.S.C. 7421 et seq.) to protect United States military personnel, United States officials, and officials and military personnel of certain 

allied countries against criminal prosecution by an international criminal 

court to which the United States is not party, stating, ‘‘In addition to exposing 

members of the Armed Forces of the United States to the risk of international 

criminal prosecution, the Rome Statute creates a risk that the President 

and other senior elected and appointed officials of the United States Government may be prosecuted by the International Criminal Court.’’ (22 U.S.C. 

7421(9)). 

The United States unequivocally opposes and expects our allies to oppose 

any ICC actions against the United States, Israel, or any other ally of the 

United States that has not consented to ICC jurisdiction. The United States 

remains committed to accountability and to the peaceful cultivation of international order, but the ICC and parties to the Rome Statute must respect 

the decisions of the United States and other countries not to subject their 

personnel to the ICC’s jurisdiction, consistent with their respective sovereign 

prerogatives. 

The United States will impose tangible and significant consequences on 

those responsible for the ICC’s transgressions, some of which may include 

the blocking of property and assets, as well as the suspension of entry 

into the United States of ICC officials, employees, and agents, as well as 

their immediate family members, as their entry into our Nation would be 

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I therefore determine that any effort by the ICC to investigate, arrest, detain, 

or prosecute protected persons, as defined in section 8(d) of this order, 

constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security 

and foreign policy of the United States, and I hereby declare a national 

emergency to address that threat. I hereby determine and order: 

Section 1. (a) All property and interests in property that are in the United 

States, that hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter 

come within the possession or control of any United States person, of 

the following persons are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, 

withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: 

(i) the person listed in the Annex to this order; and 

(ii) any foreign person determined by the Secretary of State, in consultation 

with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General: 

(A) to have directly engaged in any effort by the ICC to investigate, 

arrest, detain, or prosecute a protected person without consent of that 

person’s country of nationality; 

(B) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, 

or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, 

any activity in subsection (a)(ii)(A) of this section or any person whose 

property or interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; or 

(C) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to 

act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property 

or interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order. 

(b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section apply except to 

the extent provided by statutes, or in regulations, orders, directives, or 

licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding 

any contract entered into or any license or permit granted before the date 

of this order. 

Sec. 2. I hereby determine that the making of donations of the types of 

articles specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by, 

to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in property 

are blocked pursuant to section 1 of this order would seriously impair 

my ability to address the national emergency declared in this order, and 

I hereby prohibit such donations as provided by section 1 of this order. 

Sec. 3. The prohibitions in section 1(a) of this order include: 

(a) the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services 

by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in 

property are blocked pursuant to section 1 of this order; and 

(b) the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services 

from any such person. 

Sec. 4. The unrestricted immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the United 

States of aliens determined to meet one or more of the criteria in section 

1 of this order, as well as immediate family members of such aliens, or 

aliens determined by the Secretary of State to be employed by, or acting 

as an agent of, the ICC, would be detrimental to the interests of the United 

States, and the entry of such persons into the United States, as immigrants 

or nonimmigrants, is hereby suspended, except where the Secretary of State 

determines that the entry of the person into the United States would not 

be contrary to the interests of the United States, including when the Secretary 

of State so determines, based on a recommendation of the Attorney General, 

that the person’s entry would further important United States law enforcement objectives. In exercising this responsibility, the Secretary of State shall 

consult with the Secretary of Homeland Security on matters related to admissibility or inadmissibility within the authority of the Secretary of Homeland 

Security. Such persons shall be treated as persons covered by section 1 

of Proclamation 8693 of July 24, 2011 (Suspension of Entry of Aliens Subject 

to United Nations Security Council Travel Bans and International Emergency 

Economic Powers Act Sanctions). The Secretary of State shall have the 


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responsibility for implementing this section pursuant to such conditions 

and procedures as the Secretary of State has established or may establish 

pursuant to Proclamation 8693. 

Sec. 5. Within 60 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of the 

Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the 

President a report on additional persons that should be included within 

the scope of section 1 of this order. 

Sec. 6. (a) Any transaction that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading 

or avoiding, causes a violation of, or attempts to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited. 

(b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set forth 

in this order is prohibited. 

Sec. 7. Nothing in this order shall prohibit transactions for the conduct 

of the official business of the Federal Government by employees, grantees, 

or contractors thereof. 

Sec. 8. For the purposes of this order: 

(a) the term ‘‘person’’ means an individual or entity; 

(b) the term ‘‘entity’’ means a government or instrumentality of such 

government, partnership, association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group, 

subgroup, or other organization; 

(c) the term ‘‘United States person’’ means any United States citizen, 

permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of the United 

States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including a foreign 

branch, subsidiary, or employee of such entity), or any person lawfully 

in the United States; 

(d) the term ‘‘protected person’’ means: 

(i) any United States person, unless the United States provides formal 

consent to ICC jurisdiction over that person or becomes a state party 

to the Rome Statute, including: 

(A) current or former members of the Armed Forces of the United 

States; 

(B) current or former elected or appointed officials of the United States 

Government; and 

(C) any other person currently or formerly employed by or working 

on behalf of the United States Government; and 

(ii) any foreign person that is a citizen or lawful resident of an ally 

of the United States that has not consented to ICC jurisdiction over that 

person or is not a state party to the Rome Statute, including: 

(A) current or former members of the armed forces of such ally of 

the United States; 

(B) current or former elected or appointed government officials of such 

ally of the United States; and 

(C) any other person currently or formerly employed by or working 

on behalf of such a government; 

(e) the term ‘‘ally of the United States’’ means: 

(i) a government of a member country of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; or 

(ii) a government of a ‘‘major non-NATO ally,’’ as that term is defined 

by section 2013(7) of the American Servicemembers’ Protection Act of 

2002 (22 U.S.C. 7432(7)); 

(f) the term ‘‘immediate family member’’ means a spouse or child; 

(g) the term ‘‘alien’’ has the meanings given to the term in section 101(a)(3) 

of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(3)); and 

(h) the term ‘‘foreign person’’ means a person that is not a United States 

person. 


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Sec. 9. For those persons whose property and interests in property are 

blocked pursuant to this order who might have a constitutional presence 

in the United States, I find that because of the ability to transfer funds 

or other assets instantaneously, prior notice to such persons of measures 

to be taken pursuant to section 1 of this order would render those measures 

ineffectual. I therefore determine that for these measures to be effective 

in addressing the national emergency declared in this order, there need 

be no prior notice of a listing or determination made pursuant to section 

1 of this order. 

Sec. 10. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary 

of State, is hereby authorized to take such actions, including adopting rules 

and regulations, and to employ all powers granted to the President by 

IEEPA as may be necessary to implement this order. The Secretary of the 

Treasury may, consistent with applicable law, redelegate any of these functions within the Department of the Treasury. All executive departments 

and agencies of the United States shall take all appropriate measures within 

their authority to implement this order. 

Sec. 11. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary 

of State, is hereby authorized to submit recurring and final reports to the 

Congress on the national emergency declared in this order, consistent with 

section 401(c) of the NEA (50 U.S.C. 1641(c)) and section 204(c) of IEEPA 

(50 U.S.C. 1703(c)). 

Sec. 12. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise 

affect: 

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, 

or the head thereof; or 

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals. 

(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and 

subject to the availability of appropriations. 

(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, 

substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party 

against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, 

employees, or agents, or any other person. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

February 6, 2025. 

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ANNEX 

1. Karim Khan, Prosecutor of the ICC.