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Marco Rubio targets ICC’s Tomoko Akane and Abdoulaye Seye, who was investigating Israeli war crimes in Gaza

The US has sanctioned the president of the international criminal court (ICC) and a prosecutor tasked with investigating crimes committed by Israel during its war on Gaza.

The new sanctions designations were unveiled by Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, who called the Hague-based ICC a “corrupt and fatally politicized supranational court that has maliciously abused its authority and exceeded its mandate”, in a statement.

Rubio announced that the US would sanction Tomoko Akane of Japan, the ICC president, and Abdoulaye Seye of Senegal, an ICC senior trial lawyer, because they had “directly engaged in efforts by the ICC to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute officials whose government has not consented to ICC jurisdiction”.

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[-] CountVlad47@feddit.org 4 points 57 minutes ago

Nothing demonstrates innocence quite like trying to stop an investigation.

[-] procrastitron@lemmy.world 15 points 1 hour ago

For anyone wondering, the ICC does in fact have jurisdiction for Gaza because the Palestinian government joined.

[-] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 1 points 21 minutes ago

Yeah, kind of a crappy omission but the Guardian.

[-] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 3 points 1 hour ago

Have anyone noticed that the use of the term America is being used less and less? The US seems to be more prevalent.

[-] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 3 points 1 hour ago

Ahhh, the US. A rogue state.

[-] darth_grunkus@lemmy.world 2 points 53 minutes ago

What does sanctioned even mean in this context? How does the US government sanction a single person living in a completely different country?

Any unhinged despots out there looking for a regime puppet to string up in a square somewhere should feel free to use Marco Rubio please (will throw in Ted Cruz for free).

[-] sns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 hours ago

Not even bothering to try and claim they're not war criminals.

[-] andrewrgross@slrpnk.net 1 points 19 minutes ago

Honestly? Good.

I'm glad fascists are increasingly going mask-off.

The polite fictions were getting us nowhere. The US has been a rogue nation for decades, and the faster it loses international influence and legitimacy the better.

[-] toiletobserver@lemmy.world 41 points 3 hours ago

Marco Rubio is literally a fascist.

[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 8 points 2 hours ago

Marco Rubio, as his coworkers would say, is not one of the good ones

[-] TheVoiceOfRaison 11 points 3 hours ago

Well, he does have big shoes to fill.

[-] HubertManne@piefed.social 9 points 2 hours ago

its so fucking nuts to be living here.

this post was submitted on 18 Aug 2026
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