Re:US sanctions International Criminal Court officials
by throw0101a on Thursday September 03, 2020 @07:19AM
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> The ICC has no sovereignty over the US.
When a US citizen is in another country, they are under the power of the courts of that other country. Why is this so hard to understand?
The US military members, when in Afghanistan, are subject to Afghanistan courts jurisdiction—one of those courts is the ICC because Afghanistan gave the ICC jurisdiction by signing the treaty.
When the CIA operatives were in Italy they were under the jurisdiction of the Italian courts and were thus so convicted:
If you do not want to be under the jurisdiction of non-US courts then do not leave the US. Once you step over the border you have to follow the rules of the other country.
When a US citizen is in another country, they are under the power of the courts of that other country. Why is this so hard to understand?
The US military members, when in Afghanistan, are subject to Afghanistan courts jurisdiction—one of those courts is the ICC because Afghanistan gave the ICC jurisdiction by signing the treaty.
When the CIA operatives were in Italy they were under the jurisdiction of the Italian courts and were thus so convicted:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Omar_case
If you do not want to be under the jurisdiction of non-US courts then do not leave the US. Once you step over the border you have to follow the rules of the other country.