The United Nations condemned, on Friday, the sanctions imposed by the administration of US President Donald Trump on two judges in the International Criminal Court due to investigations related to Israel.
The office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on the X platform that the sanctions imposed on the two judges represent a new escalation in "retaliatory measures" against international institutions.
The UN Commissioner's office confirmed that "sanctions on judges, prosecutors, or experts at the United Nations contradict the rule of law and the administration of justice".
The two judges sanctioned by the US are: Georgian Gucha Lordkipanidze, and Mongolian Erdenedalai Batbayar, who had voted this week against a challenge submitted by Israel to close an investigation into war crimes in Gaza.
These measures come as part of a series of US sanctions that previously targeted nine judges and prosecutors in the court over the investigation into war crimes allegedly committed by Israel in the Gaza Strip.
The sanctions are linked to the International Criminal Court's decision in November 2024 to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the two judges covered by the sanctions voted this week in favor of maintaining the two arrest warrants.
In July, Washington also imposed sanctions on the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, after her repeated accusations against Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.
Sanctions on judges, prosecutors, or experts at the United Nations contradict the rule of law and the administration of justice.
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The United Nations condemns US sanctions on two judges in the International Criminal Court