Trump sanctions on International Criminal Court prosecutor halt tribunal’s work

Chief prosecutor Karim Khan has lost access to his email, and his bank accounts have been frozen (Marwan Ali/AP)

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor British barrister Karim Khan has lost access to his email, and his bank accounts have been frozen, since US president Donald Trump slapped sanctions on him in February.

Hurdles facing court staff since Mr Trump’s intervention include the Hague-based court’s American staffers being told that if they travel to the US they risk arrest, according to interviews with current and former ICC officials, international lawyers and human rights advocates.