US EditionTrump Administration Sanctions ICC Officials for Efforts to Arrest Americans, Israelis
- On August 20, 2025, the United States implemented new sanctions against four officials associated with the International Criminal Court, including judges and prosecutors from Canada and France.
- The sanctions follow U.S. objections to ICC investigations into alleged war crimes by U.S. and Israeli nationals without the consent of either country, escalating earlier Trump administration measures.
- The targeted officials include French judge Nicolas Guillou, who presided over a pre-trial panel issuing an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, Canadian judge Kimberly Prost, and two deputy prosecutors from Fiji and Senegal.
- Secretary of State Rubio characterized the Court as a threat to national security, accusing it of being used to pursue legal actions against the United States and its key ally Israel, while Netanyahu praised the sanctions as a firm response to what he called a campaign of false accusations targeting Israel.
- The U.S. barred these ICC officials from entering the country and blocked their assets, intensifying its pressure campaign to impede investigations especially related to Israel and U.S. personnel in Afghanistan.
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In addition to judges, prosecutors at the International Criminal Court are now also affected for the first time. Israel's military is launching the first phase of the offensive on Gaza City.
US Sanctions Four ICC Officials After Arrest Warrants Issued for Israel’s Netanyahu and Far-Right Ministers - Quds News Network
Washington (Quds News Network)- The US imposed new sanctions on Wednesday against four International Criminal Court (ICC) officials on the basis that any attempt to “investigate, arrest, detain or prosecute” American or Israeli officials constitutes a threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States in what the ICC has denounced as a “flagrant attack against the independence of an impartial judicial institution”. The new s…
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The US imposes sanctions on judges and prosecutors of the International Criminal Court. Those affected are involved in "ICC violations against the US and Israel."
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.
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