The House passed a GOP-led bill that would impose sanctions on the ICC after its top prosecutor recommended war crimes charges against Israel's Netanyahu.
The US has never cared about the ICJ and ICC and they refused to sign onto the treaty. Same as Russia, India, and China. The US doesn’t “use” the icc. They just recognize it exists and sometimes will comply to request of non-us citizens.
We’re learning in real time that the ICC and UN are great tools, until they disagree with you, at which point they can be ignored and even threatened.
Khan (ICC Chief Prosecutor) told CNN that an unnamed official had told him the ICC was “built for Africa and for thugs like Putin”.
Source (timestamped: 19:00) https://youtu.be/6BquEw4kNNE?si=xA2MKh03QAXkENvG&t=1140
Which shows that this “unnamed official” was dumb as fuck and didn’t do his homework.
What do you mean by “didn’t do his homework”? That “unnamed official” was clearly racist as fuck. Not sure about dumb, but definitely racist.
It’s good to see someone in such a high position standing for human values, even though the sanctions are likely going to fuck him.
What exactly makes you think they were ever great tools?
The US has never cared about the ICJ and ICC and they refused to sign onto the treaty. Same as Russia, India, and China. The US doesn’t “use” the icc. They just recognize it exists and sometimes will comply to request of non-us citizens.