Overview

• The sanctions target Solomy Balungi Bossa, Luz del Carmen Ibáñez Carranza, Reine Adelaide Sophie Alapini-Gansou and Beti Hohler for authorizing probes into alleged US war crimes in Afghanistan and arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant.
• The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control froze any US-held assets belonging to the judges and barred them from entering the country.
• The ICC denounced the measures as a politicized assault on its authority and pledged to continue investigations under the Rome Statute.
• Human Rights Watch urged governments worldwide to reaffirm their support for the court and defend its judicial independence.
• The European Union is considering invoking its anti-sanctions shield to counter Washington’s actions and protect the ICC’s autonomy.