The Trump administration imposed sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court, cutting the Hague-based tribunal off from U.S.-based financial services, technology companies and the U.S. dollar. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the measures were intended to deprive the court of resources and stop it from acting against the United States, which rejects the ICC's jurisdiction over Americans. The sanctions give U.S. companies and individuals six months to wind down business with the court, alongside previously reported exemptions for certain telecommunications, software, pension and detainee-related transactions. The announcement came after South African jurist Navi Pillay, a former ICC judge, received the Nobel Peace Prize. The ICC, rights groups and eight U.S. allies condemned the action, while the Netherlands discussed potential use of the EU Blocking Statute to protect European court staff. Rubio urged allies to join the U.S. campaign and said Washington would continue seeking to dismantle the court if they did not.