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ICC slams US decision to sanction the court's president and a senior prosecution lawyer

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · · 253 words · By Video by Charlotte Lam
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has criticized the United States' decision to impose sanctions on its president, Tomoko Akane, and senior trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye. The US State Department announced sanctions that freeze assets of these individuals within US jurisdictions.

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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has criticized the United States' decision to impose sanctions on its president, Tomoko Akane, and senior trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye. The US State Department announced sanctions that freeze assets of these individuals within US jurisdictions.

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Claim 1: “The International Criminal Court on Wednesday slammed the latest US sanctions targeting senior ICC staff, including its president”
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Multiple independent web sources (Africanews and another news snippet) explicitly state that the ICC slammed US sanctions targeting senior staff and its president.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The states parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court are those sovereign states that have ratified, or have otherwise become party to, the Rome Statute. The Rome Statute is the t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_parties_to_the_Rome_Sta…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States is not a state party to the Rome Statute, which founded the International Criminal Court (ICC) in 2002. As of January 2025, 125 states are members of the Court. Other states that hav…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_and_the_Internat…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The International Criminal Court (ICC) is an intergovernmental organisation and international tribunal seated in The Hague, Netherlands. Established in 2002 under the multilateral Rome Statute, the IC…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Court
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Claim 2: “sanctions that freeze any assets they have in US jurisdictions or come into contact with the U.S. financial system”
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Two independent sources (a TikTok summary and a news report titled 'ICC condemns US sanctions as flagrant attack') specifically mention that the sanctions involve freezing assets in US jurisdictions or those passing through the US financial system.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Six judges of the International Criminal Court will be elected during the 25th session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court to be held from 7 to 17…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_International_Criminal_Co…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The International Criminal Court (ICC) is an intergovernmental organisation and international tribunal seated in The Hague, Netherlands. Established in 2002 under the multilateral Rome Statute, the IC…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Court
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web search NEUTRAL — The U.S. administration asserted that Akane and Seye directly participated in efforts to investigate, arrest, detain or prosecute officials of countries that do not recognize the ICC’s jurisdiction.
https://kureansiklopedi.com/en/detay/application-of-sanction…
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Claim 3: “The State Department announced Tuesday that it had hit ICC president Tomoko Akane, a Japanese national, and ICC senior trial lawyer Abdoulaye Seye, who is from Senegal, with sanctions”
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The claim is corroborated by multiple independent news sources (The Citizen, and two other web results) stating that Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced sanctions against ICC President Tomoko Akane (Japan) and Senior Trial Lawyer Abdoulaye Seye (Senegal). Wikipedia also confirms Tomoko Akane's role as ICC president.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Executive Order 14203, titled "Imposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court", is an executive order signed by United States president Donald Trump on February 6, 2025. The order imposes sanc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_14203
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 21 November 2024, following an investigation of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for two senior Israeli officials, Benjamin Neta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICC_arrest_warrants_for_Israel…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tomoko Akane (赤根 智子, Akane Tomoko) is a Japanese jurist and current judge at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for Japan, as well as the president of the court.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomoko_Akane
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