US sanctions four ICC officials over Gaza investigations

The United States on Wednesday expanded its sanctions on four International Criminal Court officials, including a French judge and a Canadian judge, in a continuing effort to constrain the tribunal over its investigations into Israel’s actions in Gaza. The measures target four individuals tied to the ICC’s investigations or prosecutions of U.S. and Israeli nationals, and come as Washington characterizes the court as a national security threat and an instrument of lawfare against allies.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that four additional ICC figures would be sanctioned, barring them from entering the United States and freezing any assets in American jurisdiction. The individuals are Nicolas Guillou of France, who presides over a case that has issued an arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; Kimberly Prost of Canada, a judge involved in proceedings surrounding ICC investigations in Afghanistan; Nazhat Shameem Khan of Fiji and Mame Mandiaye Niang of Senegal, both deputy prosecutors who supported the court’s arrest warrants against Netanyahu and other Israeli and Palestinian figures. Rubio described the court as pursuing investigations “without the consent...