On June 5, 2025, the United States Department of State sanctioned four individuals currently serving as judges of the International Criminal

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio unveiled new sanctions to target the International Criminal Court for its attempts to investigate the United States and Israel for alleged war crimes. Thursday’s sanctions were imposed against four ICC judges under a executive order signed by President Donald Trump authorizing punitive measures like sanctions and possible entrance bans for the ICC because of its “illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel.

The judges are being sanctioned over arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and for U.S. personnel in Afghanistan.