"The ICC condemns the US's issuance of an executive order aimed at imposing sanctions on its officials and damaging its independent and impartial judicial work," the court said in a statement.
"The court stands firm with its staff and promises to continue to deliver justice and hope to millions of innocent victims of atrocities around the world," the court added.
On Friday, US President Donald Trump signed a presidential order to impose sanctions on the ICC. He accused the court of unfairly targeting the US and Israel.
"Threatening independence"
The European Council's chief Antonio Costa warns that sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) pose a threat to the broader justice system.
"Sanctions against the ICC threaten the court's independence and undermine the entire international criminal justice system," Antonio Costa wrote on X.
Israel, on the other hand, welcomes Donald Trump's decision. The country's foreign minister calls the court's actions against Israel "immoral" and illegitimate.
"I strongly commend President Trump's executive order to impose sanctions on the so-called 'International Criminal Court'," Foreign Minister Gideon Saar wrote on X.
Issued arrest warrants
In November, the ICC issued an arrest warrant against Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as Hamas military chief Mohammed Dayf, who has been labeled a terrorist.
Trump's signature comes after Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Trump in Washington on Tuesday.
The US has not ratified the ICC's founding document, the Rome Statute.
