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US sanctions international criminal court president and prosecutor

2 months ago by MicroWave to c/world

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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”.

toiletobserver 106 points 2 months ago

Marco Rubio is literally a fascist.

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TheVoiceOfRaison 25 points 2 months ago

Well, he does have big shoes to fill.

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ChicoSuave 16 points 2 months ago

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

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procrastitron 102 points 2 months ago

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

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andrewrgross 31 points 2 months ago

Yeah, kind of a crappy omission but the Guardian.

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Rat_in_a_hat 8 points 2 months ago

Terrible omission. Instead they try to drive the point home further with this:

Neither the US nor Israel are member states of the ICC or recognise its jurisdiction.

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geneva_convenience 11 points 2 months ago

TheGuardian can't go correcting genociders on their lies now. Important to quote them verbatim at the top of the article and never correct them.

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CocaineShrimp 50 points 2 months ago

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sns 39 points 2 months ago

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

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andrewrgross 16 points 2 months 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.

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CountVlad47 37 points 2 months ago

Nothing demonstrates innocence quite like trying to stop an investigation.

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HubertManne 24 points 2 months ago

its so fucking nuts to be living here.

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farmgineer 4 points 2 months ago

As someone living in Japan, I'm also curious what the Japanese response will be. The current gov probably has their head so far up the US's ass and wants to do its own shady shit, so I doubt there would be anything. Maybe silence was a part of the deal of the US helping the JPY.

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k0e3 6 points 2 months ago

The one thing I'd fix in your comment is the word "current" to "every." At least for as long as I've been alive, anyway.

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farmgineer 1 point 2 months ago

Fair point. In my lifetime, but before I had any interest in living in Japan, the LDP fell out of power twice. Apparently, those in control abruptly face-planted so bad it's been back to the LDP since (though we'll see which way the pendulum swings next election).

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Greyghoster 18 points 2 months ago

Ahhh, the US. A rogue state.

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kreskin 8 points 2 months ago

A puppet state of a rogue state, which is even more pathetic and loathsome.

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theacharnian 14 points 2 months ago

Europeans right now finding that particular stain on the table cloth infinitely interesting.

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darth_grunkus 14 points 2 months ago

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

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inconel 20 points 2 months ago

There's precedents on deleting your google account and denying credit card transaction as "sanction". I won't be surprised other US-based platforms to follow suits. This just highlights ever increasing need of digital and financial sovereignty

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scutiger 19 points 2 months ago

If their bank has dealings in the USA, they can be de-banked. If they use American credit cards, those can be shut down. Accounts for companies based in the USA can be disabled/deleted or otherwise flagged. They can be blocked from flying on American and allied airlines, or from flying through those countries.

Basically the US government will convince whoever they can to stop dealing with that person, or just to fuck with them in any way they can.

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Eril 9 points 2 months ago

About time some serious non-US alternatives to Visa and MasterCard emerge. I am not sanctioned by anyone, but still hate that I have to use those cards (or PayPal fwiw) all the time.

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WesternInfidels 7 points 2 months ago

So the US will behave like a vindictive ex who has turned to stalking and harassment.

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scutiger 4 points 2 months ago

Pretty much, yes. It's meant to be used for legitimate reasons, but this isn't one of them.

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AMoralNihilist 7 points 2 months ago

All sanctions imposed by any government are effectively nationwide legally imposed boycotts.

Sanctions against Russia for example are generally things like : we will not buy your oil, we will not allow our companies to sell products to you, etc. etc.

Same thing goes for sanctions against individuals, they make it illegal for any US based entities to have certain scopes of dealings with the target. Some sanctions go further and also refuse to deal with entities who deal with the target.

Therefore, depending on what sanctions have been imposed, they may have just made it illegal for them to have a visa or MasterCard, use any Microsoft or Google or apple software or services, etc. etc. etc.

  • It's the other way around actually. Illegal for Visa/MasterCard or Microsoft or Google or apple, etc. to allow them to use their services.

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Greyghoster 7 points 2 months ago

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

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FreshParsnip 2 points 2 months ago

I've been deliberately misspelling it the Untied States since Trump has been back in office

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frustrated_phagocytosis 4 points 2 months ago

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).

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AlteredEgo 3 points 2 months ago

This isn't just about Trump's authoritarianism, this is probably the agenda of the "Nerd Reich" plutocrats. They want to dismantle the US and international UN institutions so they can have their fiefdoms and rule the world unopposed.

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GreenKnight23 0 points 2 months ago

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LemmyBruceLeeMarvin -9 points 2 months ago

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