For the U.S., because sanctioning an “unpleasant”, but in essence harmless individual (geopolitically speaking) is ridiculous. Falling victim to de-banking alone can really ruin one’s life.

And for the EU, because it once again showcases the dependence on U.S. systems for just about anything tech-related in everyday life and work.

"We are judges, and we are being told that rather than deciding our cases on the basis of the facts and the law before us, as we are duty bound to do, we're being asked to decide the cases or not decide them in accordance with the wishes of the U.S. government," she said.

Just incredibly naked corruption.

One of the most serious examples is her health insurance. Prost receives coverage through AXA, the French company that provides insurance for the court. She says the company has refused to pay her claims even though it is not legally required to follow the U.S. sanctions.

Then it is high time to make the company legally required not to follow the U.S. sanctions.

It’s also guaranteed to backfire - no judge who by definition deeply believes in the mission and legitimacy of the ICC is going to be deterred by these tactics.

Edit: not to mention moving our allies toward not complying with US sanctions at all, reducing American soft power

ICC judge and she has a device like this in her house. I think that she did not read any Snowden related books.

Furthermore it's a bit of a missed opportunity for her to not move to Proton, NextCloud, GrapheneOS, and show how she can still live her life with many modern conveniences. She could find some non-over-complient companies and list them, I'd go for those from now on, great PR. But alas, she is not a Techy. Maybe Meredith Whittaker can pay her a visit and show her a thing or two. I'd like to see that happen. Whittaker will be in the Netherlands soon for an Honorary degree [0]

[0] https://vu.nl/nl/nieuws/2026/vu-eredoctoraat-voor-voorvechte...

There is some movement to reduce MS dependency in Europe, but it's not yet there. Until then, this will be a huge lever available to US.

I've written about this back in the day: https://blog.miloslavhomer.cz/microsoft-dependency-has-risks...

Discussion: https://smackernews.com/item/44381358 HN

Question to the HN crowd that sells services online: do you check/vet every one of your customers against the Entity List?

One of the most serious examples is her health insurance. Prost receives coverage through AXA, the French company that provides insurance for the court. She says the company has refused to pay her claims even though it is not legally required to follow the U.S. sanctions.

I would hope the French gov would step in and pay her claims directly.

Maybe they can get rebanked by some Dubai establishments who for some reason will not identify their new passport with that sanctioned identity.

I'm only half-joking because all of that is absolutely possible.

"You start to lose services from American companies, Amazon, Google, potentially Apple, whatever it may be,"

Her credit cards, issued in the Netherlands and Canada, were canceled. She has managed to keep some bank accounts, but says her banking services are extremely limited and even small transfers can be blocked.

One of the most serious examples is her health insurance. Prost receives coverage through AXA, the French company that provides insurance for the court. She says the company has refused to pay her claims even though it is not legally required to follow the U.S. sanctions.

This is beyond chilling. You could conceivably self-host some alternatives, although you could easily lose your domain name and internet access. Maybe in a fictional future some sort of crypto currency could help with the de-banking. I don't think there's a solution for losing your health insurance though.

All because the US doesn't want Israel to be held accountable in the ICC. I don't think we've ever been closer to fascism and it's in service for a foreign country (not that it would be ok if it wasn't!).