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U.S. Sanctions Two ICC Judges and Two Deputy Prosecutors in Latest Escalation

The designations invoke a February executive order that the administration says defends U.S. sovereignty against ICC cases involving Americans or Israeli officials.

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.
A general view of the International Criminal Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, March 12, 2025. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo

Overview

  • Those targeted are Judge Kimberly Prost of Canada, Judge Nicolas Yann Guillou of France, and Deputy Prosecutors Nazhat Shameem Khan of Fiji and Mame Mandiaye Niang of Senegal.
  • Washington cited Prost’s vote to authorize the ICC’s Afghanistan inquiry into U.S. personnel and Guillou’s role in approving arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant.
  • The Treasury sanctions freeze any U.S. assets and bar U.S. persons from transactions with the four officials, with enforcement handled by OFAC.
  • The ICC condemned the measures as a “flagrant attack” on judicial independence, the UN and France criticized the move, and Israel welcomed it.
  • The action follows earlier 2025 sanctions on ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan and four judges in June, bringing the total number of ICC personnel designated this year to nine.