Ottawa mum on joining legal case against Trump’s sanctioning of Canadian ICC judge
Prost and two other judges say the sanctions were unlawful and violated due process, while Washington has not responded to their June 24 complaint.
- On July 11, International Criminal Court Judge Kimberly Prost and two colleagues sued President Trump, challenging sanctions imposed over her work investigating American troops in Afghanistan.
- James Goldston, executive director of the Open Society Justice Initiative, argues the sanctions are "arbitrary and capricious" and that Congress never vested the president with authority to violate international law.
- Goldston's team sought a preliminary injunction on July 2 to freeze the sanctions, with Washington facing a July 30 deadline to respond to the lawsuit filed in New York.
- Global Affairs Canada has not commented on whether it will support Prost, though former senior diplomat Sabine Nolke suggested filing an amicus brief would demonstrate commitment to the rule of law.
- Canada previously intervened in U.S. cases involving extradition and detention, including a 2005 death penalty case and the detention of Canadian citizen Omar Khadr at Guantanamo Bay.
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The U.S. government does not rule on the American sanctions imposed by Donald Trump against Judge Prost from Winnipeg.
The Canadian government refuses to clarify whether it intends to intervene in favour of an international judge from Winnipeg who asks an American court to quash the sanctions imposed by President Donald Trump
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Ottawa mum on joining legal case against Trump's sanctioning of Canadian ICC judge
OTTAWA - Ottawa won't say whether it will intervene in support of a Winnipeg-born global judge who is asking a U.S. court to reverse sanctions ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump, which have left her unable to use a credit card or most major online vendors.
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Ottawa mum on joining legal case against Trump’s sanctioning of Canadian ICC judge
OTTAWA — Ottawa won't say whether it will intervene in support of a Winnipeg-born global judge who is asking a U.S. court to reverse sanctions ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump, which have left her unable to use a credit card or most major online ...
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