North Rhine-Westphalia plans to introduce a legislative initiative aimed at preventing German banks from freezing accounts out of “anticipatory compliance.” The move follows the cases involving ICC Judge Nicolas Guillou and the NGO HateAid.

30. March 2026

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Portrait of Nicolas Guillou, French judge at the International Criminal Court In August 2025, following his approval of the arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister BenjaminNetanyahu, the US Treasury Department placed him under sanctions, along with Al Qaeda terrorists, drug cartel members and VladimirPutin This section prohibits American companies from providing services to him, Judge Guillou has been excluded from many digitized systems, including American bank payment systems such as VISA and MasterCard Aix en Provence, France, march 13th 2026

Nicolas Guillou, a French judge at the International Criminal Court, is under US sanctions over one of his rulings and can no longer use credit cards, order from Amazon or access other US service providers. (Imago / MAXPPP)

Last updated: 30. March 2026

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