'The United States has spent 20 years actively undermining the International Criminal Court,' noted one journalist. 'Trying to lead the way on war crimes prosecutions is... awkward, at best.'
"The United States has spent 20 years actively undermining the International Criminal Court," noted one journalist."Trying to lead the way on war crimes prosecutions is... awkward, at best."While U.S. President Joe Biden echoed human rights defenders on Monday by calling Russian President Vladimir Putin"a war criminal" in response to what Ukrainian officials
While signaling his support for a trial, Biden also said that"I'm seeking more sanctions." Asked for further details on such economic measures, he responded,"I'll let you know."an investigation into the situation in Ukraine shortly after Russian forces invaded in late February. Over the past six weeks, war crime allegations—largely against Russian invaders—have continued to mount and have been met with global outrage.
The journalist has been far from alone in recently calling out previous U.S. actions against the court. In a March opinion piece for thethat while the ICC is generally prevented from probing crimes committed by nonmembers, there have been exceptions: In response to the ICC's investigation into Afghanistan, then-President Donald Trump refused to recognize the court's authority and issued an executive order imposing sanctions on ICC personnel involved in the Afghanistan investigation, ironically pursuant to the same authority by which the U.S. now sanctions Russia for its actions in Ukraine.
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