Overview

• The State and Treasury Departments designated Judge Nicolas Yann Guillou (France), Judge Kimberly Prost (Canada), and Deputy Prosecutors Nazhat Shameem Khan (Fiji) and Mame Mandiaye Niang (Senegal).
• Washington cites rulings tied to Israel and past Afghanistan decisions, including Guillou’s authorization of arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant and Prost’s vote to authorize an Afghanistan probe involving U.S. personnel.
• The sanctions freeze any U.S.-based assets and bar U.S. persons and financial institutions from transactions with the four officials.
• The action extends an escalation that already targeted ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan and four judges earlier this year under a February executive order.
• France voiced dismay and the United Nations warned the move undermines the prosecutor’s office, while Israel’s leadership welcomed the U.S. step.