Professional paper
On upholding international justice: The U.S. and the International Criminal Court
Hrvoje Oštrić
Abstract
The International Criminal Court is a new international body constituted with the aim of prosecuting and trying cases of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Although in 2000 the United States signed the 1998 Rome Statute, which is the foundation of the International Criminal Court, the Bush Administration took a radically different position the following year, protecting itself from any idea of trying American citizens abroad. This text analyses the main U.S. foreign policy arguments pertaining to the ICC, from the alleged impartiality of the Court and the relationship between the Court and the United Nations, to the question of American sovereignty. In addition, the text offers an international legal and
political critique of the recent U.S. policy actions, which harmed both American national interests, as well as international security.
Keywords
International Criminal Court; international law; war crimes; United States; diplomacy
Hrčak ID:
3829
URI
Publication date:
15.9.2005.
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