The Trump Administration's designation of two International Criminal Court judges under Executive Order 14203 has drawn significant international scrutiny and raised difficult questions about the limits of executive power. Volume XLIX staff editor Stephen Gavrielidis argues that sanctioning individual judges for the content of their decisions carries with it potential legal consequences under customary international law. This post explores what the ILC Articles on State Responsibility and the principle of judicial independence reveal about the legality of those sanctions, and what implications they may carry domestically.
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