ICC President Tomoko Akane:
"Even if sanctions were imposed on the ICC itself, we would not give up. Our determination is firm. The permanent institution that is the ICC must not be allowed to collapse. We must not allow…
Assessment
The ICC's president is preemptively bracing the court against potential sanctions, likely from the United States. This signals an escalating confrontation between international legal institutions and sovereign powers who reject their jurisdiction. The court's survival is now explicitly at stake, and the coming months will test whether the ICC can withstand political pressure without losing its operational capacity.