US EditionTrump administration imposes sanctions on four ICC judges in unprecedented move
UNITED STATES, JUN 6 – The sanctions block US-based assets and restrict financial transactions of four ICC judges who authorized investigations into alleged war crimes by US troops and Israeli officials.
- On Thursday, the Trump administration imposed sanctions on four female ICC judges over arrest warrants linked to alleged war crimes in Gaza and Afghanistan.
- The sanctions followed the ICC's issuance of arrest warrants for Israeli leaders and a 2020 probe into U.S. troop actions, with the U.S. and Israel denying ICC jurisdiction.
- The targeted judges include Solomy Balungi Bossa and Luz del Carmen Ibanez Carranza, involved in Afghanistan investigations, and Reine Alapini Gansou and Beti Hohler, who authorized Gaza-related arrest warrants.
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the ICC 'politicized' and urged countries to oppose it, while the ICC called the sanctions an attempt to undermine its independence.
- The sanctions block the judges' U.S. entry and assets and include financial restrictions, deepening U.S. animosity toward the ICC amid prior sanctions and the court's ongoing war crimes investigations.
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