{"id":121703,"date":"2025-06-06T17:05:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T15:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=121703"},"modified":"2025-06-06T11:06:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T09:06:08","slug":"06-05-114","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=121703","title":{"rendered":"US sanctions four judges at International Criminal Court"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>US sanctions four judges at International Criminal Court<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

Andrew Bernard, Mike Wagenheim<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWe do not take this step lightly,\u201d the State Department stated. \u201cIt reflects the seriousness of the threat we face from the ICC\u2019s politicization and abuse of power.\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n

The International Criminal Court in The Hague. Credit: JustFlix via Wikipedia.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The U.S. State Department announced on Thursday that it imposed sanctions on four judges at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, marking the first time that the United States has used that punitive tool against justices at the independent tribunal.<\/span><\/p>\n

The department stated that judges Luz del Carmen Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez Carranza of Peru, Solomy Balungi Bossa of Uganda, Reine Alapini-Gansou of Benin and Beti Hohler of Slovenia would be sanctioned for their role in investigating Israel and the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs ICC judges, these four individuals have actively engaged in the ICC\u2019s illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America or our close ally, Israel,\u201d Marco Rubio, the U.S. secretary of state, stated. \u201cThe ICC is politicized and falsely claims unfettered discretion to investigate, charge and prosecute nationals of the United States and our allies.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis dangerous assertion and abuse of power infringes upon the sovereignty and national security of the United States and our allies, including Israel,\u201d Rubio stated. \u201cThe United States will take whatever actions we deem necessary to protect our sovereignty, that of Israel and any other U.S. ally from illegitimate actions by the ICC.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the State Department, Bossa and Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez Carranza ruled to authorize the ICC\u2019s investigation into the conduct of U.S. personnel in Afghanistan, while Alapini-Gansou and Hohler ruled to authorize ICC arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, then the defense minister.<\/span><\/p>\n

The ICC told JNS that it \u201cdeplores\u201d the sanctions and stands fully behind its personnel.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThese measures are a clear attempt to undermine the independence of an international judicial institution which operates under the mandate from 125 states parties from all corners of the globe,\u201d the court stated. \u201cTargeting those working for accountability does nothing to help civilians trapped in conflict. It only emboldens those who believe they can act with impunity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In February, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order\u00a0imposing<\/a>\u00a0sanctions on any ICC official attempting to investigate, arrest, detain or prosecute U.S. citizens or the citizens of any U.S. ally that has not consented to ICC jurisdiction, or signed onto the court\u2019s Rome Statute, including Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n

The White House\u00a0named<\/a>\u00a0Karim Khan, the court\u2019s prosecutor and a British national, as the first target of those sanctions for his role in investigating Netanyahu, Gallant and Israel\u2019s alleged commission of \u201cwar crimes\u201d in Gaza.<\/span><\/p>\n

Khan took indefinite leave in May amid an\u00a0investigation<\/a>\u00a0into whether he committed sexual misconduct.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Wall Street Journal<\/em>\u00a0reported last month that Khan\u00a0asked<\/a>\u00a0his accuser to drop her charges against him, so he could issue an arrest warrant for Netanyahu. The warrant\u2019s timing raised suspicions that Khan\u2019s decision was calculated to deflect attention from the sex scandal, which came to light internally a few weeks earlier, it said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The sanctions against Khan had\u00a0reportedly<\/a>\u00a0ground the Israeli investigation to a halt, with his losing access to his U.K. bank accounts and his work email.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump had previously imposed sanctions on ICC officials during his first administration, and the Biden administration imposed sanctions in December on a Russian judge for alleged human-rights violations. Thursday\u2019s action marks the first time Washington has sanctioned ICC judges.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe do not take this step lightly,\u201d stated Tammy Bruce, the State Department spokeswoman. \u201cIt reflects the seriousness of the threat we face from the ICC\u2019s politicization and abuse of power.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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