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"US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday vowed to “dismantle” the
International Criminal Court and urged other countries to join the effort as
the Trump administration significantly escalates its campaign against the
global institution.
Rubio accused the ICC of “waging a war against our country, not with bullets or
missiles,” but with “the force of so-called international law.”
The administration’s ire against the ICC goes back to President Donald Trump’s
first term, when it targeted the ICC for seeking to investigate alleged war
crimes committed by US forces in Afghanistan. The second Trump administration
has imposed a slew of sanctions against ICC officials for their attempts to
investigate the US and Israel.
However, the State Department-led, “whole-of-government campaign” to dismantle
the ICC is a significant escalation, particularly as it seeks to pressure
countries around the world to join and threatens potential cuts to US
assistance for those who don’t.
“Nations that refuse to reject the ICC’s false authority while relying on US
assistance are likely to come under increased scrutiny,” a State Department
official said Monday.
“Using all the tools at our government’s disposal, working beside every ally
with whom we can make common cause, we will dismantle the ICC—brick by brick,
if necessary,” Rubio wrote in a separate piece in the
Wall Street Journal on
Monday. Those tools include possible travel bans, visa revocations, and
increased sanctions, the State Department official said.
The official said that countries “that partner with US law enforcement, host a
US military presence, or benefit from the broader US security umbrella are
being called upon to reject the ICC’s purported authority to prosecute American
officials and servicemen,” the official said.
“We will watch with interest which nations join ranks with us against this
threat to Americans who are willing to risk their lives to protect others,”
they noted.
Top officials, including the secretary, deputy secretary, and US ambassadors,
“are calling countries as part of a campaign to diplomatically isolate the
International Criminal Court and ensure it cannot target Americans,” the
official said.
The calls are meant to persuade countries who are party to the ICC to withdraw
from it “and cut off any financial support to the court,” they said.
CNN has reached out to the ICC for comment."
Via Seph.
Cheers,
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