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On upholding international justice: The U.S. and the International Criminal Court

Hrvoje Oštrić


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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

https://hrcak.srce.hr/3829

Publication date:

15.9.2005.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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