US impose sanctions on International Criminal Court, a harsh lesson in digital sovereignty

The United States announced sanctions this week against the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Minister Rubio said in a video that Trump will never allow the court to prosecute Americans. From April, American companies will no longer be permitted to provide services to the court and transactions will be prohibited.

The court has stated that it will continue to work on all ongoing cases as usual. Nevertheless, it is confronting to see how quickly an international institution can be affected by a political decision from Washington.

We are following this with extra attention because we work daily on AI for schools, municipalities, and healthcare institutions. Many of these organisations now run their AI entirely on American cloud, often without having properly considered what this means in the long term.

With GovGPT, EduGPT, OrgGPT, and CareGPT, you can choose where your data is stored and which model operates behind it. With CivAI Studio, this can even be done entirely locally, without a single line of data leaving the building.

This week, The Hague demonstrates that dependence on another country is a real risk. It is a good moment to review your own situation once again.