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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Washington, United States. On Wednesday, the United States imposed sanctions on four other judges and prosecutors of the International Criminal Court (ICC), including jurists from allied countries such as France and Canada, in a new effort to obstruct the action of the Hague court. “The court is a threat to national security that has been an instrument of legal war against the United States and our close ally Israel,” Secretary of State Marco Ru…
All four judges have been involved in cases linked to Israel and the US.
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