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ICC deputy prosecutor says court insulated against US sanctions, FT reports

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Sept 25 (Reuters) - ‌The International Criminal Court ​has insulated itself against potential court-wide US sanctions, ⁠its deputy prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan told the Financial Times in an ​interview published on Friday.

"We have done ‌a lot of work to ensure that the court is buffered from the ⁠impacts of any potential ⁠sanctions in the future," she told the FT.

The tribunal has spent the past year overhauling its systems, ‌shifting its office software from Microsoft ⁠to German open-source alternative ‌openDesk, and finding ​workarounds for health insurance and banking, Khan said.

The court has also been ‌paying employees months in ​advance to ⁠mitigate payroll disruption, according to ‌the FT.

Reuters reported ⁠earlier this week that US President Donald Trump's administration has prepared sanctions ​against the entire ‌International Criminal Court and plans to ⁠announce them soon.

(Reporting ​by Chandni Shah in BengaluruEditing ​by Peter Graff)

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