The US has expanded sanctions against the International Criminal Court.

The United States has imposed sanctions on four more International Criminal Court officials, the State Department and Treasury Department said .

The measures targeted Judges Kimberly Prost and Nicolas Guillou of CANADA and France, as well as ICC Deputy Prosecutors Najat Shamim Khan and Mam Mandiaye Niang of Fiji and Senegal. They are listed as SDNs (persons designated as severely isolated from the U.S. financial system) by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).

The State Department stated that they are involved in the ICC's investigation, arrest, detention, or prosecution of US or Israeli citizens "without the consent of either country." The United States opposes "abuse of power, attempts to disregard sovereignty, and the unlawful overreach of judicial discretion," the department added.

The United States announced financial sanctions against the ICC in February, and that same month, sanctions were imposed on Attorney General Karim Khan, who issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin (the Kremlin called the decision null and void, noting that RUSSIA does not recognize the court's jurisdiction) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Washington deemed the ICC "to have committed unlawful and unjustified actions" against Israel. The US subsequently expanded its measures against the court.

Karim Khan took administrative leave in May amid allegations of sexual harassment, which he denies. Najat Shamim Khan and Mam Mandiay Niang have been appointed to lead the prosecutor's office during the investigation.

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