美国对国际刑事法院整体实施制裁 财政部设六个月宽限期
特朗普政府10月9日宣布对国际刑事法院（ICC）本身实施制裁，这是美国首次把制裁对象从个别法官、检察官扩大到这家设在荷兰海牙的法院整体。国务卿鲁比奥（Marco Rubio）表示，美国将禁止与该法院的交易往来，切断其资源；财政部在宣布制裁时同步发出四份通用许可，设六个月宽限期，电信、软件、养老金支付及与被拘留者相关的部分交易可豁免。鲁比奥称，制裁结构意在给法院及其成员国留出处理美方关切的机会，若要求得不到满足，美方将调整措施。此次宣布仅在数小时前，ICC前法官纳维·皮莱（Navi Pillay）刚获得诺贝尔和平奖（本报今晨已报道）。ICC谴责制裁是对法治的攻击，呼吁其125个成员国采取行动捍卫法院；该法院副检察官纳兹哈特·沙米姆·汗表示，法院各项调查与起诉工作将继续。ICC成立于2002年，负责审理战争罪、危害人类罪与种族灭绝罪；美国从未加入该法院，此前曾因法院对以色列总理内塔尼亚胡发出逮捕令、以及曾调查美军在阿富汗的行为与华盛顿对立。（来源：Reuters、美国国务院、美国财政部）
U.S. Sanctions the International Criminal Court Itself, With Six-Month Grace Period
The Trump administration on October 9 imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) itself, the first time the United States has targeted the institution as a whole rather than individual judges and prosecutors. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States will ban transactions with the court and cut off its resources. The Treasury Department announced the sanctions with a six-month initial grace period and four general licenses allowing certain transactions involving telecommunications, software, pension payments and detainees. Rubio said the measures are structured to give the court and its member states an opportunity to address U.S. concerns, and would be adjusted if those demands are not met. The announcement came hours after former ICC judge Navi Pillay won the Nobel Peace Prize, as reported by GSM earlier today. The ICC denounced the sanctions as an assault on the rule of law and called on its 125 member states to defend it; Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan said the court's investigations and prosecutions will continue. Founded in 2002 and based in The Hague, the ICC prosecutes war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. The United States has never joined the court and has clashed with it over arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a past investigation into U.S. forces in Afghanistan. (Sources: Reuters; U.S. Department of State; U.S. Department of the Treasury)
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