US Sanctions ICC Judges, Prosecutors
The U.S. this week sanctioned two International Criminal Court judges and two prosecutors that the State Department said have been involved in efforts to investigate, arrest or prosecute people from foreign countries without those countries' consent.
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The U.S. sanctioned ICC Judge Kimberly Prost for authorizing the court's investigation of U.S. personnel in Afghanistan, and it sanctioned Judge Nicolas Guillou for authorizing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes in Gaza. The U.S. also sanctioned deputy prosecutors Nazhat Shameem Khan and Mame Mandiaye Niang for "continuing to support illegitimate ICC actions against Israel," including upholding arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant.
The State Department said it opposes the ICC's "politicization, abuse of power, disregard for our national sovereignty, and illegitimate judicial overreach," calling the court a "national security threat."
The Office of Foreign Assets Control issued a new General License 9 to authorize certain wind-down transactions with the four people and any entity they own by 50% or more. Those transactions are authorized through 12:01 a.m. ET on Sept. 19.
The Assembly of States Parties, the legislative body of the ICC, has objected to previous U.S. sanctions against the court, saying in June that they impede its "independent judicial functions" and undermine efforts by the ICC to "ensure accountability for the gravest crimes of concern to the international community."