The sanctions attack Kimberly Prost of Canada and Nicolas Guillou in France, as well as two attached prosecutors: Nazhat Shameem Khan De Fiji and Mame Mandiaye Niang de Senegal.
This follows previous measures against four other judges and the CPI prosecutor.
AFTER TO THE VICTIMS
In a press release announcing the new round of sanctions, the Secretary of State of the United States, Marco Rubio, said that the CPI “is a national security threat that has been an instrument for the law against the United States and our nearby ally Israel.”
The Court not backed denounced the sanctions as “a flagrant attack against the independence of an impartial judicial institution.”
In addition, “they also constitute an affront against the parties of the States of the Court, the international order based on rules and, above all, millions of innocent victims worldwide.”
Investigating serious crimes
The CPI investigates the most serious concern crimes for the international community, namely, genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of aggression. Read our explanatory here.
It is based on The Hague, in the Netherlands, and established under a 1998 Treaty known as the Rome Statute that entered into force four years later. The United States and Israel are not among the 125 states that are part of the treaty.
Last November, the ICC issued arrest orders for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant, together with a former Hamas commander, in relation to the conflict in Gaza, citing accusations of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
He is also investigating war crimes allegedly committed in Afghanistan by all parties during years of conflict, including the United States, after the country’s allied invasion in October 2001.
Strong and unchanged
The court reiterated that “He firmly supports his personnel and victims of unimaginable atrocities “and” will continue to fulfill his mandates, without flinching, strictly according to his legal framework adopted by the States and without taking into account the restriction, pressure or threat. “
The CPI asked the “States parties and all those who share the values of humanity and the rule of law to provide firm and constant support to the court and their work carried out in the only interest of the victims of international crimes.”
The UN underlined the key role that the ICC has in international criminal justice and expressed concern about the imposition of additional sanctions.
“The decision imposes serious impediments to the operation of the prosecutor’s office And respect for all the situations that are currently before the Court, ”said UN spokesman Stéphane Durric, to journalists in New York.
“Judicial independence is a basic principle that must be respected and These types of measures undermine the basis of international justice. ”