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USA imposed sanctions this Thursday on two judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for allegedly investigating, arresting or prosecuting Israeli citizens without the consent of the Hebrew state and vote in favor of the Court’s decision against Tel Aviv’s appeal last December 15.
“The ICC has persisted in politicized actions against Israel, setting a dangerous precedent for all nations. We will not tolerate the ICC’s abuses of power that violate the sovereignty of the United States and Israel and inappropriately attack and subject American and Israeli citizens to its jurisdiction,” announced the Secretary of State, Marco Rubioin a statement.
The sanctioned judges are Gocha Lordkipanidze, from Georgia, and Erdenebalsuren Damdin, from Mongolia.
Last Monday, the ICC rejected an appeal from Israel that questioned the court’s jurisdiction to investigate crimes committed in the Gaza Strip.
The Court of The Hague began an investigation into himhe situation in the Palestinian territory in 2021, which will now be able to resume after Israel’s attempt to block it.
Tel Aviv argued that it was It is necessary to open an independent investigation after the Hamas attacks on October 7, as he claimed that this altered the situation and demanded that the ICC issue a second formal notice of investigation.
Israel did not sign the Rome Statute that created the jurisdiction of this international court, but this does not prevent it from appealing to the court.
In a 44-page document, the magistrates confirmed the investigation decisionr accusations of war crimes allegedly committed by Israel in the Palestinian territory.
In addition, they confirmed the arrest warrants issued by the ICC against the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the former Minister of Defense, Yoav they can, in November 2024 on accusations of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The court is currently considering another Israeli challenge to its jurisdiction, as well as a request to recuse prosecutor Karim Khan, who was accused of sexual abuse, a claim that he strongly denies.
In July, the ICC rejected a request from Israel to withdraw the arrest warrants and in October denied an appeal of this decision.
Trump’s pressures
The United States has intensified its political and economic pressures on the ICC since the court advanced investigations and arrest warrants against Israeli leaders for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Washington presents these measures as a defense of Israel and its own sovereignty against a judicial body that it considers lacking jurisdiction on his allies.
With Trump’s return to the White House, the United States has gone one step further and imposed formal sanctions against several judges and ICC staff members linked to the Gaza file.
These include the freezing of assets under US jurisdiction, visa restrictions and limitations on cooperation, which, according to NGOs such as Amnesty International, seek measures to directly hinder access to justice for Palestinian victims.
The ICC, for its part, has promised maintain investigations “despite pressure and sanctions”, emphasizing that no State or leader is above international law.
Various governments and civil organizations have expressed concern about the threats from Washington, warning that These campaigns of discredit and punishment against the Court weaken the multilateral system of Justice designed to prosecute the most serious crimes when States fail to act.
The Criminal Court in The Hague is an international court created in 2002 to investigate and try the most serious crimes, such as genocides, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
A fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza has been in force since October 10, agreed under pressure from the United States, but the Israeli army has continued its deadly attacks.
The war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza broke out on October 7 when Hamas launched a attack in southern Israel, that caused the death of more than 1,221 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP count based on official Israeli figures.
The Israeli response offensive in Gaza provoked more than 70,000 dead, according to figures from the Ministry of Health, of the Hamas government, which the UN considers reliable.