Overview
- Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced sanctions on Kimberly Prost, Nicolas Guillou, Nazhat Shameem Khan and Mame Mandiaye Niang.
- Measures freeze any U.S.-based assets and bar U.S. persons and companies from conducting business with the designated officials.
- U.S. statements link two of the targets to proceedings tied to the ICC arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanjahu, while Prost is associated with Afghanistan-war cases.
- The International Criminal Court condemned the move as an attack on judicial independence, and France criticized the decision.
- Netanjahu welcomed the step, which follows a June round of U.S. sanctions on ICC judges enabled by a February decree from President Donald Trump.