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Last week, in a triumph of international cooperation, 10 foreign governments ratified the International Criminal Court (ICC), an international body to prosecute individuals accused of war crimes. The new ratifications pushed the total number of countries in support of the ICC to 66, well past the 60 needed to begin the process of establishing the new court in The Hague. Even though the court’s ratification met widespread praise amongst the leading democracies in the world, President Bush and many other prominent American political leaders steadfastly oppose the court’s creation. Such stringent opposition is unwise...
Rather than opposing the court’s formation, America should be the 67th country to ratify the ICC and participate in its development. This would send a clear message that the United States lives by the same rules as everyone else, while at the same time allowing America’s voice to be considered as the nascent international institution grows. The ICC itself will institutionalize the prosecution of war criminals and dictators, eliminating the need for the various ad hoc tribunals that have tried leaders like Slobodan Milosevic. Yet the White House flatly refused to send the treaty...
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT TREATY January 2001 President-elect Bush refused to ask the Senate to ratify the "flawed" accord establishing the world's first permanent war-crimes tribunal. With the support of 138 other nations, the ICC, based in the Netherlands, may begin operations next year...
...this day, the U.S. remains the most vehement and outspoken opponent of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which would be the successor of the various International Criminal Tribunals set up in the past and would institute a permanent body that would oversee international justice with regard to crimes against humanity. The main reasons given for America’s unwavering opposition are that the ICC would endanger thousands of U.S. personnel stationed throughout the world in carrying out their duties, and the unofficial pervasive feeling that U.S. personnel should only be subject to U.S. judicial authority (a point made again...
...looking for, then not only should we first allow the Yugoslav judicial system to prosecute Milosevic (carefully following the process and deciding after its conclusions whether further prosecution by the International Criminal Tribunal is necessary) but, more importantly, the U.S. government should reexamine its opposition with regard to the ICC and send out a clear message that international justice is indeed the goal...