SanctionsThe Guardian
US sanctions international criminal court president and prosecutor
Andrew Roth in Washington8/18/2026
Marco Rubio targets ICC’s Tomoko Akane and Abdoulaye Seye, who was investigating Israeli war crimes in Gaza The US has sanctioned 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 its authority and exceeded its mandate”, in a statement. Continue reading.…
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