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U.S. Sanctions Four More ICC Officials Over Cases Involving Americans, Israelis

The move uses a February executive order that authorizes asset freezes plus visa restrictions against court personnel.

International Criminal Court judges issued arrest warrants last November for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli defence chief Yoav Gallant, and Hamas leader Ibrahim al-Masri.
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This photograph taken on March 14, 2025 shows the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

Overview

  • Two judges and two deputy prosecutors — Kimberly Prost (Canada), Nicolas Yann Guillou (France), Nazhat Shameem Khan (Fiji) and Mame Mandiaye Niang (Senegal) — were designated under the administration’s sanctions authority.
  • U.S. officials said Prost was targeted for authorizing an ICC investigation into U.S. personnel in Afghanistan, while Guillou authorized arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense chief Yoav Gallant.
  • Deputy prosecutors Shameem Khan and Niang were cited for continuing ICC actions related to Israel, including upholding the arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant.
  • The designations freeze any U.S. assets and block transactions with American persons or institutions, effectively cutting the officials off from the U.S. financial system.
  • The ICC condemned the step as a flagrant attack on judicial independence, with France, the UN and others voicing dismay, as Washington expands a campaign that earlier hit ICC prosecutor Karim Khan and several judges.