Re:US sanctions International Criminal Court officials
by zaarn on Thursday September 03, 2020 @02:30AM
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The US used to be part of the international tribunal until they lost a case on warcrime, instead of paying reparations they signed out and left chat.
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Re:US sanctions International Criminal Court officials
by rahimnathwani on Thursday September 03, 2020 @02:41AM
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As I understand it:
The US signed the Rome Statute, but never ratified it.
Once a country ratifies the statute, it's in until a year after it gives notice to quit. And, even then, quitting has no effect on investigations already in progress.
Re:US sanctions International Criminal Court officials
by zaarn on Thursday September 03, 2020 @02:46AM
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You can get out even if you ratify the statue, membership is basically "as long as you want" and the US' way of handling the ICC has been nothing but a farce, threatening them everytime some US soldier is investigated for war crimes.
And the US still refuses to pay those reparations.