The US initially supported the court’s creation, but has had ambivalent feelings towards it ever since then.
This week, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court applied for arrest warrants for three Hamas leaders, as well as Israel i Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, in connection with the ongoing war in Gaza.
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in fact, the US has continually displayed its support for the ICC. One top US official, the ambassador-at-large for global criminal justice, said the ICC “occupies an important place in the ecosystem of international justice”.Rather, this vacillating approach is merely symptomatic of the US’ complicated relationship with the ICC since its creation in 1998.
But it ultimately voted against the Rome Statute that created the court in 1998 due to concerns with the court’s jurisdictional framework. The US feared it could allow for the prosecution of Americans without US consent. Saddam Hussein, Slobodan Milosovic, Osama bin Laden, other members of al-Qaeda, leaders of Islamic Jihad and other foreign nationals.
Later, the Obama administration formally adopted a “case-by-case” strategy to cooperate with the ICC when it aligned with US interests.
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