ICC ‘deplores’ new US sanctions on its judges and prosecutors

The International Criminal Court (ICC) said it “denounces” new US sanctions on its judges and prosecutors.

On Wednesday, the US State Department announced new penalties for two judges and two general prosecutors in the International Criminal Court for his participation in the efforts made to prosecute American and Israeli citizens.

Foreign Minister Marco Rubio accused the International Criminal Court of “a threat to national security” and “Larvar tool” against the United States and Israel.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the American move. The International Criminal Court has issued arrest orders against Netanyahu and former Defense Secretary Yuof Galet for the alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity due to the Israeli war in Gaza.

France joined the International Criminal Court in condemning the US step, expressing “panic” because one of its judges, Nicholas Gilo, was among those who were approved.

The other three officials of the International Criminal Court launched by the United States, Judge Kimberly Prost from Canada, as well as prosecutors, Nazat Khan Khan from Fiji and Mami Mandayyi Niang from Senegal.

Rubio condemned “the politicization of the court, the abuse of power and the illegal judicial transgression” in a statement announcing the sanctions.

The International Criminal Court is a global court that enjoys the authority to bring judicial prosecutions for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes.

The court described the latest penalties as a “strict attack” on its independence and impartiality.

He added: “They also constitute an insult against … the international system based on the rules, and above all, millions of innocent victims around the world.”

The French Foreign Ministry criticized the sanctions as “in contradiction with the principle of independent judiciary,” according to Agence France -Presse news agency.

Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu welcomed the decision, describing him as a “fixed measure against the campaign to distort the mix” against Israel.

Gilo was approved for detention orders against Nithanaho and Calant, according to the US State Department.

He said that the Boast, the Canadian judge, had been punished for an investigation into the United States in Afghanistan, adding that Khan and Niang were responsible for “illegal measures against Israel.”

Penalties mean that the four officials cannot reach any property or interests they keep in the United States.

This last round of sanctions comes after the United States imposed similar restrictions on The general prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan K.Along with four other judges earlier this year.

The United Nations Human Rights President called by the United States to withdraw its sanctions on the four judges, saying that the decision is directly inconsistent with “respect for the rule of law.”

In July, the United States also made the United Nations Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council Francesca Albanez, who was a prominent critic of Israel’s military attack in Gaza.

Rubio cited Albaniz’s support for the International Criminal Court and her participation in the court’s decisions to prosecute the citizens of the United States or the Israelis as a justification for this step.

In response, Albanez, with the support of the International Criminal Court on social media, said that it came from the founding country of the court, where “lawyers and judges defended justice at a great cost and often with their private lives.”

“I intend to respect this tradition,” she added in the post.