Trump Admin Targets ICC Leadership Over Gaza and Afghanistan Probes
TL;DR
The Trump administration sanctioned ICC President Tomoko Akane and senior trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye, freezing their U.S.-based assets and cutting them off from the U.S. financial system, as part of a broader effort to dismantle the court amid ICC investigations into alleged war crimes in Gaza and Afghanistan. Rubio called the ICC corrupt and politicized and argued it lacks jurisdiction over non-member states like the U.S. and Israel, while the ICC said the sanctions undermine the rule of law.
- Trump administration sanctions sitting president of the International Criminal Court for 'abuses of power' Fox News
- US sanctions ICC president and senior prosecutor amid campaign to dismantle the international court | CNN Politics edition.cnn.com
- ICC says US sanctions ‘flagrant attack’ on court independence The Times of Israel
- US sanctions international criminal court president and prosecutor The Guardian
- Japan criticises US over 'unfortunate' sanctions on ICC Reuters
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