Re:Imposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court
by phs318u on Friday October 09, 2026 @06:33PM
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I’m sorry, is this a hypothetical straw man? If yes, what makes you think that’s how it works? If no, please provide some evidence of said behaviour.
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Re:Imposing Sanctions on the International Criminal Court
by autoexec on Friday October 09, 2026 @07:13PM
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From the US side there's been a long history of refusing to accept that the court has any jurisdiction over the US and some fairly threatening language including:
"We will respond against the ICC and its personnel to the extent permitted by U.S. law. We will ban its judges and prosecutors from entering the United States. We will sanction their funds in the U.S. financial system, and we will prosecute them in the U.S. criminal system. We will do the same for any company or state that assists an ICC investigation of Americans." https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-45474864
As for the ICC turning a blind eye to the crimes of the US, its track record speaks for itself: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crimes_committed_by_the_Un...
Giving one party a free pass to commit crimes while convicting other parties is corrupt, even if all the people who did get convicted deserved it.