The United States on Monday launched a sweeping campaign to
“dismantle the threat” posed by the International Criminal Court to U.S.
sovereignty.
The actions, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced, will
feature “a whole-of-government response” to disable the ICC’s ability to target
American servicemen or officials.
Rubio declared that the ICC presents “an intolerable threat”
by claiming the authority to prosecute and imprison American servicemen and
officials operating on behalf of U.S. national interests.
“Americans never signed up for this,” the top diplomat
noted. “All American presidents since the ICC’s ratification have maintained
that the ICC does not have jurisdiction over Americans.”
The Trump Administration recalled that the ICC previously
opened an investigation into American servicemembers and intelligence officers
and has since refused to close the cases.
Washington says the ICC seeks to become the unaccountable
global arbiter and a supranational enforcement arm of a globalist bureaucracy
empowered to persecute U.S. servicemen and officials at will.
The anti-ICC actions, as listed by Rubio, include liaison
with the global community to point out the ICC’s abuses and the risks posed to
Americans and other nationals, while urging countries to exit the Court.
The U.S. will urge countries that partner with its law
enforcement and military or that enjoy its security umbrella to reject the
ICC’s “purported authority” to prosecute American officials and servicemen.
Washington will effect visa revocations and travel bans for
ICC personnel, increase sanctions against the ICC and affiliated organizations,
and scrutinize nations supporting the ICC while relying on U.S. assistance.
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