The Free Press · October 13, 2026 · By Douglas Murray

Rubio Announces Sanctions on Transactions with the ICC

• The International Criminal Court (ICC) was founded in 2002, according to the article.
• At the end of last week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a measure sanctioning American individuals or businesses that transact with the court, according to the article.
• In a statement posted to social media and cited in the article, Rubio said the United States will ban transactions with the court and that the United States and the American people are not subject to its jurisdiction.
• In 2002, Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón sought to call former secretary of state Henry Kissinger as a witness for an investigation into human rights abuses by South American military dictatorships, according to the article; authorities in Britain, where Kissinger was staying at the time, denied the request.

Rubio statement via a post on X and a report by The Hill, both linked in the original report. The piece is paywalled; facts are from its accessible portion. Original headline: "Douglas Murray: The International Criminal Court Is a Sham".