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On August 18, 2026, in a press statement, the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the United States again escalated its repressive sanctions campaign against the Criminal Court (ICC), targeting those it deems to have assisted the Court and its organs the in proceedings related to the US or its allies, including Israel, by sanctioning two additional personnel at the Court.[2]. This time, the US has targeted Judge Tomoko Akane, President of the ICC’s Appeals Division, and Abdoulaye Seye, a senior lawyer with the Office of the Prosecutor, who has acted on the team which sought arrest warrants in the Situation in the State of Palestine, and who has been nominated for election as an ICC judge.