WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is ramping up stress on the Worldwide Prison Court docket for pursuing investigations into US and Israeli officers for alleged struggle crimes. The State Division on Wednesday (Aug 20) introduced new sanctions on 4 ICC officers, who it stated had been instrumental in efforts to prosecute US and Israeli residents.
The sanctions are simply the most recent in a collection of steps the administration has taken towards the Hague-based courtroom, the world’s first worldwide struggle crimes tribunal. The US has already imposed penalties on the ICC’s former chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, who stepped apart in Could pending an investigation into alleged sexual misconduct, and 4 different tribunal judges.
In an announcement, Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated he had taken motion towards ICC judges Kimberly Prost of Canada and Nicolas Guillou of France and prosecutors Nazhat Shameem Khan of Fiji and Mame Mandiaye Niang of Senegal.
“These people are overseas individuals who straight engaged in efforts by the Worldwide Prison Court docket to analyze, arrest, detain, or prosecute nationals of the USA or Israel, with out the consent of both nation,” Rubio stated. He added that the administration would proceed “to take no matter actions we deem needed to guard our troops, our sovereignty, and our allies from the ICC’s illegitimate and baseless actions.”
