The standoff between the United States government and the International Criminal Court (ICC) entered a new phase last week as government officials in Washington sanctioned four senior ICC officials on August 20. The designations target Judge Kimberly Prost (Canada), Judge Nicolas Guillou (France), Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan (Fiji), and Deputy Prosecutor Mame Mandiaye Niang (Senegal).

Acting under Executive Order No. 14203, President Donald Trump authorized the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to freeze any property in US jurisdiction, bar financial dealings, and impose travel restrictions on the named ICC officials. OFAC also issued General License 9 allowing a limited wind-down of transactions with the sanctioned individuals. The measures follow a fi

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