America Imposes New Sanctions on ICC Officials to Chorus of Globalist Boos

As America escalates its requital with the International Criminal Court, the Hague-based judicial venue and its supporters are firing back with strongly worded statements. The condemnation campaign seems as effective as the court’s unsuccessful attempts at prosecuting and arresting myriad alleged war criminals.Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced new sanctions on Tuesday against the ICC president, Tomoko Akane of Japan, and a top lawyer, Abdoulaye Seye of Senegal. As in past sanctions, the American assets of the ICC officials will be frozen and the two will be cut off from the American financial system, which connects most global banks. “These sanctions are a flagrant attack against the independence of an impartial judicial institution which operates pursuant to the mandate conferred by its States Parties from across regions,” the ICC responded to the American actions in a statement on Wednesday. Similar strong condemnations were also issued by European bodies and global human rights organizations. American-allied Japan was indignant. Mr. Rubio’s announcement is “unfortunate,” Tokyo’s foreign ministry said in a statement. “We will deal with this matter by continuing to communicate with relevant countries, including the United States,” Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Wednesday. So far, though, such condemnations have proved no match to Washington’s campaign against the ICC. Colombia’s recently-inaugurated president, Abelardo de la Espriella, said he would withdraw his country from the court. Venezuela and Chad withdrew this year, joining earlier the departures of Burundi, the Philippines, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger. To date, America has sanctioned nine of the 18 ICC judges and two deputy prosecutors. The top prosecutor, Karim Khan of Britain, has been sanctioned before the ICC suspended him over credible rape allegations. Mr. Khan initiated arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and his former defense minister, Yoav Gallant, over alleged war crimes in Gaza.Following the ICC issuing the warrants against the Israelis, America sanctioned judges who voted for the arrests. Israel is not a signatory to the Rome Statute that established the court at Hague and therefore is outside its jurisdiction. Nonetheless, the decision to issue warrants raised concerns at Washington that its own officials, including President Trump, could end up on the ICC docket even though America, like Israel, is not a member of the court. One of the judges that signed arrest warrants against the Israelis was Nicolas Guéry of France. “Visa and Mastercard have frozen all of my cards, I can’t make any purchases at all,” Mr. Guery said in a video posted on X in March following the sanctions against him.“I’m a judge, yet I’m being treated like a criminal,” Mr. Gueri added. “Colleagues told me that my name won’t be removed from the blacklist until the Trump administration ends. Even though the French president intervened, the U.S. authorities have not responded.”Washington seems undeterred by the complaints and condemnations. The new sanctions are part of “our unwavering mission to protect Americans from this sham of a court,” Mr. Rubio wrote on X Tuesday. “In honor of our Declaration of Independence, Americans will never be transported beyond seas to be tried for pretend offenses.”Mr. Netanyahu commended Mr. Rubio’s announcement, writing that “the ICC has become a kangaroo court that cloaks its abuse of power in the language of international law while undermining the very principles of justice.” He praised America “for making clear that the corrupt officials who lead the ICC will face consequences.”

America Imposes New Sanctions on ICC Officials to Chorus of Globalist Boos

America Imposes New Sanctions on ICC Officials to Chorus of Globalist Boos

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