US Imposes Sanctions on ICC President and Prosecutor
The United States has announced sanctions against the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Tomoko Akane, and a prosecutor. This move comes as Washington continues to express its opposition to the court's actions.
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US announces new sanctions on top ICC figures
The Trump administration has vowed to dismantle the international court "brick by brick".
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Marco Rubio announced measures against Tomoko Akane and Abdoulaye Seye, who was investigating Israel’s war crimes in Gaza The US will sanction the president of the international criminal court (ICC) and a prosecutor tasked with investigating crimes committed by Israel during its war on Gaza. The new sanctions designations were unveiled by Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, who called the Hague-based ICC a “corrupt and fatally politicized supranational court that has maliciously abused it...
By Andrew Roth in Washington
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The sanctions freeze any US assets the individuals may have and essentially cut them off from the US financial system, with which almost all internationally operating banks have close ties.
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