International Criminal Court...So what?
The United States announced sanctions against four judges and prosecutors of the International Criminal Court (ICC) from their role in prosecuting U.S. and Israeli officials.
According to a statement by the US State Department, Judge Kimberly Prost was blacklisted for approval to investigate the behavior of American soldiers in Afghanistan, while Judge Nicolas Guillou was boycotted for issuing warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Secretary Yoav Gallant for war crimes in Gaza.
Two other deputy prosecutors, Nazhat Shameem Khan and Mame Mandiaye Niang, were boycotted for supporting such warrants.
The ICC issued a statement in response saying that the sanctions were an "open attack on the independence of the international judicial body" mandated by 125 member states around the world.
Neither the U.S. nor Israel is a party to the ICC. In 2024, the court issued warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant after finding reasonable grounds to believe that Israel obstructed the delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza, which has killed more than 60,000 people since 2023.





































































