Trump Sanksi Hakim Dan Jaksa Pengadilan Kriminal Internasional ICC

JAKARTA - President Donald Trump's administration imposed sanctions on two judges and two prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC).

Sanctions were imposed in line with Washington's increasing pressure on the war court over the ICC's decision to confront Israeli leaders and investigations by US officials in the past.

In a statement, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the court a national security threat that has become an instrument of legal war against the United States and Israel.

The move sparked outrage from France and the United Nations (UN). Paris urged Washington to lift the sanctions.

Meanwhile, the ICC expressed regret over the designation, calling it a "discrete attack" on the independence of an instrumental judiciary.

Washington-sanctioned are Nicolas Yann Guilu from France, Nazhat Shameem Khan from Fiji, Mame Mandiaye Niang from Senegal, and Kimberly Prost from Canada, according to the US Treasury and State Department.

All of these officials have been involved in cases related to Israel and the United States.

"The United States has clearly and firmly opposed politicization, abuse of power, neglect of national sovereignty, and illegal judicial action by the ICC," Rubio said.

"I urge countries that still support the ICC, whose many freedoms were purchased with great American sacrifices, to reject claims by this bankrupt institution," he continued.

The second round of sanctions comes less than three months after the government took an unprecedented step by imposing sanctions on four different ICC judges.

No details of the sanctions imposed by Washington.

This escalation is likely to hinder the function of courts and prosecutors in tackling major cases, including allegations of war crimes against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

ICC judges issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli defense chief Yoav Gallant, and Hamas leader Ibrahim al-Masri November 2024 on suspicion of war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Gaza conflict.

In March 2020, prosecutors opened an investigation into Afghanistan that includes investigations into possible crimes by US forces, but since 2021, the US role has been prioritized and focused on alleged crimes committed by the Afghan government and Taliban forces.

The ICC, founded in 2002, has international jurisdictions to try cases of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes in member states or if a situation is referred to by the UN Security Council.

Although the ICC has jurisdictions over war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in its 125 member states, some countries, including the US, China, Russia, and Israel, do not recognize its authority.