US EditionUS Hits ICC with More Sanctions, Targets French Judge Involved in Netanyahu Arrest Warrant
The US sanctioned four ICC officials for authorizing investigations and arrest warrants against Israeli leaders and US personnel without consent, marking a second round of sanctions in three months.
- On Wednesday, the United States announced sanctions on four International Criminal Court officials: Nicolas Guillou, Kimberly Prost, Nazhat Shameem Khan, and Mame Mandiaye Niang.
- The move follows ICC arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, prompting U.S. officials to say sanctions punish ICC support for what Washington calls `illegitimate ICC actions against Israel`.
- Treasury and State actions include the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control adding the four officials to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List, blocking U.S. financial system access and freezing any U.S. assets they hold.
- The ICC responded by calling the sanctions against its judges and prosecutors `a flagrant attack against the independence of an impartial judicial institution`.
- As a second round inside three months, the United States imposed entry bans and asset blocks on ICC officials, despite not being parties to the Rome Statute, marking unusual measures against allied officials.
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Washington has taken new sanctions against four judges of the International Criminal Court in retaliation for any investigation directed against Israeli officials, a new step in Washington's leadership.
US slaps sanctions on ICC judges probing Netanyahu, France expresses dismay - The Statesman
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday (local time) declared sanctions against Judge Nicolas Guillou of France, who is presiding over the case in which the ICC has issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu.
US hits ICC with more sanctions, targets French judge involved in Netanyahu arrest warrant
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday announced more sanctions on International Criminal Court judges, saying that the court was a "national security threat" because it had sought to prosecute US or Israeli nationals. Judge Nicolas Guillou of France, who is presiding over a case in which an arrest warrant was issued for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was among those sanctioned.
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