With a Slovenian judge on the blacklist, calls for the EU to activate laws to block the sanctions are mounting.It was a consequential case of deja-vu in The Hague on Thursday, as the US issued fresh sanctions against judges at the International Criminal Court over what it calls "illegitimate actions targeting the United States and Israel.

The European Union threw its support behind the International Criminal Court on Friday after the United States imposed sanctions on four ICC judges –