The Trump administration is punished by the Canadian judge who sits on the International Criminal Court

The Trump administration slapped a Canadian judge in the International Criminal Court (ICC) with penalties, as the US State Department launches a new wave of restrictions imposed on judges, which it said has an effective role in a previous decision to investigate US officials and in efforts to strike Israeli leaders.

The Foreign Ministry says that Judge Kimberly Prost from Canada has been punished because of his ruling on the charge of investigating the second division in the United States in Afghanistan.

Furniture from the International Criminal Court Nicholas Gilo from France, Nazat Al -Umaymah Khan from Fiji and Mami Mandayyi Niang from Senegal, was approved, where the Ministry of Foreign Affairs links the decision to the decision The court’s investigation into the actions of Israel In Gaza and the West Bank occupied by Israel. As a result of the sanctions, any assets they carry in the United States are frozen.

The court said on Wednesday that it The penalties are exhaustedThey are called “a flagrant attack against the independence of a neutral judicial institution operating under the state from 125 (country) from all regions.

“They also constitute an insult against (these countries), the international regime based on rules, and above all, millions of innocent victims around the world,” the statement continued. “The International Criminal Court will continue to fulfill its mandate, without deterrence, in line with its legal framework as adopted by the parties of the states and without consideration of any restriction, pressure or threat.”

In a statement, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio described the court as a “threat to national security, which was a tool of Lavar against the United States and our close ally Israel” and said that the United States remained steadfast in its opposition to “illegal judicial transgression” of the International Criminal Court.

“I urge countries that still support the International Criminal Court, whose freedom has been purchased at the price of great American sacrifices, to resist the claims of this bankrupt institution,” he said.

The move excluded anger from France and the United Nations, as it urged Paris Washington to withdraw sanctions.

The International Criminal Court previously condemned the actions of the Trump administration, describing it an attempt to undermine the independence of an international judicial institution.

The prostate in Canada joins an increasing list of the International Criminal Court judges who face similar penalties.

This second round of sanctions comes less than three months after the American administration takes the unprecedented step Imposed penalties on four other ICC judges.

It represents a dangerous escalation that is likely to hinder the performance of the court and the office of the Prosecutor while dealing with the main cases, including allegations of war crimes against Russia because of its invasion of Ukraine.

The International Criminal Court, established in 2002, has the International Judicial Guardian to prosecute genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in member states or if the situation is referred by the United Nations Security Council.

War crimes investigations

Prost served in the International Criminal Court Appeals Chamber, in March 2020, authorized the court’s public prosecutor to investigate war crimes and alleged crimes against humanity committed in Afghanistan since 2003, including studying the role of US service members.

Since 2021, the investigation led to the unification of the role of the United States and focused on the alleged crimes committed by the Afghan government and the Taliban forces.

International Criminal Court judges Arrest orders For Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Israeli defense president Yuof Galen last November due to the alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity during the Gaza conflict. A memorandum was also issued on the same alleged crimes of Hamas official, Muhammad Diab Ibrahim Al -Massari, also known as Muhammad Dave, which the Israeli army said in July 2024

Guillou is the Judge of the International Criminal Court heading the pre -trial committee issued the arrest warrant for Netanyahu. Khan and Niang are two prosecutors in court.

Netanyahu’s office issued a statement welcoming the latest US sanctions.

Although the International Criminal Court has a specialty on war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in the 125 member countries, some countries, including the United States, China, Russia and Israel, do not recognize their authority.

It has prominent investigations into the ongoing war crimes in the Israeli conflict of Hamas and the war of Russia in Ukraine, as well as in Sudan, Myanmar, the Philippines and Venezuela.

“The role is necessary”

France and the United Nations said that jurists’ work is decisive to international justice.

“Their role is necessary in combating impunity,” said a statement issued by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

UN spokesman Stefan Dujarrik said US sanctions are undermining international justice, adding: “The (United States) decision imposes severe obstacles to the public prosecutor’s office.”

The American administration’s hatred returns to President Donald Trump’s first state. In 2020, the White House imposed sanctions on The then -prosecutor at the time, Fatou Benzuda And one of its senior assistants on the work of the court in Afghanistan.