Trump administration sanctions ICC officials against us in action against us, Israel

Four other International Criminal Court (ICC) officials are facing U.S. sanctions against actions against Americans and Israelis. The State Council cites the President Donald Trump’s The executive order is “impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court” as a reason for its issuance of sanctions.

Those named ICC Judge Kimberly Prost (Canada), ICC Judge Nicolas Yann Guillou (France) and ICC Deputy Prosecutors Nazhat Shameem Khan (fiji) and Mame Mandiayye Niang (Senegal).

“These individuals are foreigners who are directly working to investigate, arrest, detain or prosecute U.S. or Israeli nationals without the consent of any country,” Marco Rubio Minister Marco Rubio said. In the statement.

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While neither the United States nor Israel are members of the International Criminal Court, individuals at the Sanctions Center have taken action against both countries in their official identity. According to the State Department, Prost ruled authorizing an investigation into U.S. personnel in Afghanistan, while Gillu ruled authorizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Secretary Yoav Gallant to authorize ICC arrest warrants.

Meanwhile, Khan and Niang were subject to sanctions “continue to support illegal operations against Israel,” including arrest warrants, as they served as head of the ICC Prosecutor’s Office in May.

“this [ICC] continue Rubio wrote in the X announcement of sanctions: “To ignore national sovereignty and promote the law through efforts to investigate, arrest, detain and prosecute U.S. and Israeli nationals. “In response, I am approving four other ICC officials.” We will continue to be responsible for those responsible for the legal actions of the International Criminal Court against Americans and Israelis. ”

Logo of the International Criminal Court (ICC) logo (ICC) in Den Haag, Netherlands on March 29, 2022. (Alex Gottschalk/DeDodi images via Getty Images)

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The International Criminal Court said “I regret the new announcement The name of the sanction By the U.S. government. ”

“These sanctions are a blatant attack on the independence of the impartial judiciary, which acts on the mission of 125 state parties from various regions. They also constitute an insult to the court states, rules-based international order and, above all, millions of innocent victims around the world,” the ICC statement said.

U.S. President Donald Trump heard a speech by Secretary of State Marco Rubio at a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. on July 16, 2025. (Ndrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP) (Photography by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP)

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The State Department said the sanctions were intended to have “significant and significant consequences for Prost, Guillou, Khan and Niang”. Their American assets were frozen, and Americans and businesses were forbidden from dealing with them. This also applies to companies where they have at least 50% ownership. Furthermore, sanctions cover solutions such as indirect transactions.

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In February, Trump signed Executive Order He claimed that the International Criminal Court “has taken illegal and unfounded actions against the United States and our close ally Israel.” The order also states that the United States refuses any action against IT ICC or its “alliance that has not yet agreed to the jurisdiction of ICC.” This command lists the types of sanctions that can be enforced, many of which are now applied to Prost, Guillou, Khan, and Niang.