الْوِلَايَاتُ الْمُتَّحِدَةُ تَفْرِضُ عُقُوبَاتٍ عَلَى رَئِيسَةِ الْمَحْكَمَةِ الْجِنَائِيَّةِ الدَّوْلِيَّةِ
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فَرَضَتِ الْوِلَايَاتُ الْمُتَّحِدَةُ، يَوْمَ الثُّلَاثَاءِ ١٨ أَغُسْطُسَ ٢٠٢٦، عُقُوبَاتٍ عَلَى رَئِيسَةِ الْمَحْكَمَةِ الْجِنَائِيَّةِ الدَّوْلِيَّةِ، الْقاضِيَةِ الْيابانِيَّةِ تُوموكو أَكانِي، وَعَلَى عَبْدُولاي سِي، الْمُحامِيِّ الْكَبِيرِ فِي مَكْتَبِ الْمُدَّعِي الْعامِّ. وَقَدْ أُعْلِنَتِ الْخُطْوَةُ فِي واشِنْطُنَ.
أُضِيفَ الاسْمانِ إِلَى قائِمَةِ عُقُوباتِ وِزارَةِ الْخَزانَةِ الْأَمْرِيكِيَّةِ. وَتُجَمِّدُ الْعُقُوباتُ أُصُولَهُما الْمالِيَّةَ الَّتِي تَقَعُ تَحْتَ السُّلْطَةِ الْأَمْرِيكِيَّةِ. كَما تَمْنَعُ الْمُواطِنينَ الْأَمْرِيكِيِّينَ وَالشَّرِكاتِ الْأَمْرِيكِيَّةَ مِنْ إِجْراءِ مُعامَلاتٍ مَعَهُما.
وَقالَتْ وِزارَةُ الْخارِجِيَّةِ الْأَمْرِيكِيَّةُ إِنَّ الْمَسْؤولَيْنِ شارَكا فِي جُهُودِ الْمَحْكَمَةِ لِلتَّحْقيقِ مَعَ مَسْؤولينَ أَوْ لِمُحاكَمَتِهِمْ مِنْ دُوَلٍ لَمْ تَقْبَلْ اخْتِصاصَ الْمَحْكَمَةِ. وَتَقولُ واشِنْطُنُ إِنَّ الْمَحْكَمَةَ تَجاوَزَتْ صَلاحِيَّاتِها، بَيْنَما لَيْسَتِ الْوِلَايَاتُ الْمُتَّحِدَةُ وَإِسْرائيلُ طَرَفَيْنِ فِي نِظامِ رُوما الْأَساسِيِّ.
وَرَدَّتِ الْمَحْكَمَةُ، يَوْمَ الْأَرْبِعاءِ، فَقالَتْ إِنَّ الْعُقُوباتِ هُجومٌ صارِخٌ عَلَى اسْتِقْلالِ مُؤَسَّسَةٍ قَضائِيَّةٍ مُحايِدَةٍ. وَأَضافَتْ أَنَّ هٰذِهِ الْإِجْراءاتِ قَدْ تُضْعِفُ النِّظامَ الْقانُونِيَّ الدَّوْلِيَّ. وَأَكَّدَتْ أَنَّها سَتُواصِلُ عَمَلَها بِاسْتِقْلالٍ وَحِيادٍ، وِفْقَ نِظامِ رُوما.
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United States Sanctions ICC President and Senior Trial Lawyer
On Tuesday, August 18, 2026, the United States imposed sanctions on the president of the International Criminal Court, Japanese judge Tomoko Akane, and on Abdoulaye Seye, a senior trial lawyer in the Office of the Prosecutor. The move was announced in Washington.
The two names were added to the US Treasury Department’s sanctions list. The sanctions freeze their financial assets that are under US jurisdiction. They also prevent US citizens and companies from carrying out transactions with them.
The US State Department said that the two officials took part in the court’s efforts to investigate or prosecute officials from countries that have not accepted the court’s jurisdiction. Washington says that the court exceeded its authority, while the United States and Israel are not parties to the Rome Statute.
The court responded on Wednesday, saying that the sanctions were a flagrant attack on the independence of an impartial judicial institution. It added that these measures could weaken the international legal order. It confirmed that it would continue its work independently and impartially, under the Rome Statute.
Key Vocabulary
| Arabic | Part of speech | English |
|---|---|---|
| فَرَضَتْ | verb | imposed |
| عُقُوباتٍ | noun | sanctions |
| الْقاضِيَةِ | noun | the judge |
| الْمُحامِيِّ | noun | the lawyer |
| أُصُولَهُما | noun | their assets |
| مُعامَلاتٍ | noun | transactions |
| اخْتِصاصَ | noun | jurisdiction |
| صَلاحِيَّاتِها | noun | its powers; authority |
| مُحايِدَةٍ | adjective | impartial |
| اسْتِقْلالٍ | noun | independence |
Sources
- Anadolu Agency: US sanctions International Criminal Court’s president, official
- Anadolu Agency: ICC rejects new US sanctions, calls them ‘flagrant attack’ on judicial independence
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