Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand spoke Tuesday with the Canadian judge facing American sanctions over her work at an international tribunal — but did not publicly condemn Washington’s decision.

On Aug. 20, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced sanctions on International Criminal Court judges — including Kimberly Prost, who was sanctioned over her work on a case involving American troops in Afghanistan .

France immediately condemned the move as an attack on impartial justice. Ottawa had no immediate reaction, which drew criticism from advocates a week later.

On Tuesday, Anand wrote on social media that she spoke with Prost and said ICC judges do “vital work.”

Judges “are entrusted to be objective and impartial in the dispensation of their duties. I have the utmost conf

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