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The White House issued a severe rebuke to the International Criminal Court on Sept. 10 and threatened to retaliate if the supranational body’s personnel and abettors prosecute citizens of the United States or its allies
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| US Declares War-Crimes Court to Be ‘Illegitimate,’ Threatens Sanctions The White House issued a severe rebuke to the International Criminal Court on Sept. 10 and threatened to retaliate if the supranational body’s personnel and abettors prosecute citizens of the United States or its allies.
While wielding the purported authority to prosecute U.S. citizens, the court combines prosecutorial and judicial powers, and lacks the checks and balances enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. Meanwhile, there is no mechanism to hold the court accountable, with countries such as Venezuela and the Democratic Republic of Congo holding votes.
The court has burned through $1.5 billion in funding and secured only eight convictions since its inception. The body is also riddled with recent allegations of corruption. The first prosecutor attempted to shield a government official from prosecution, helped a businessman linked to violations in Libya, and gave confidential court documents to actress Angelina Jolie, who holds an honorary UN human-rights post.
There has also been talk of adding “ecocide” to the list of crimes the court can prosecute, a move seen by Bolton as part of an unspoken agenda to intimidate decisionmakers in the United States and other democratic societies.
“The next obvious step is to claim complete, universal jurisdiction: the ability to prosecute anyone, anywhere for vague crimes identified by The Hague’s bureaucrats,” Bolton said.
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