US widens sanctions against ICC
(MENAFN) The United States has imposed sanctions on two judges and two prosecutors of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for their involvement in cases against US troops and Israeli officials.
A State Department statement on Wednesday said Judge Kimberly Prost was targeted for approving the ICC’s investigation into US military actions in Afghanistan. Judge Nicolas Yann Guillou was sanctioned for issuing arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over alleged war crimes in Gaza. Deputy prosecutors Nazhat Shameem Khan and Mame Mandiaye Niang were also blacklisted for supporting the warrants. Neither the US nor Israel is a member of the ICC.
The ICC condemned the sanctions as “a flagrant attack against the independence of an impartial judicial institution” that operates under a mandate from 125 member states.
President Donald Trump first sanctioned the ICC in February, accusing it of “illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel.” Netanyahu also criticized the court, labeling the arrest warrants “anti-Semitic.”
In 2024, the ICC added Netanyahu and Gallant to its wanted list, citing “reasonable grounds” that Israel had obstructed humanitarian aid to Gaza, where over 60,000 people have died since 2023.
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