US launches campaign to dismantle ICC

The United Nations says the International Criminal Court remains a critical cog in the international justice system, while the European Union called attacks, or threats against the Court, 'unacceptable'.

Those statements came in response to an announcement by the United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, of a campaign to dismantle what he referred to as the ICC's threat to US sovereignty.

America is not a States Party to the Rome Statue.

The State Department announced a sweeping whole-of-government response to systematically disable the ICC's ability to operate, target American military personnel, or otherwise threaten American sovereignty.

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