The United States and the ICC: The Force and Farce of the Legal Arguments
24 Cambridge Review of International Affairs 335–355 (2011)
20 Pages Posted: 3 Dec 2019 Last revised: 14 Dec 2019
Date Written: 2011
Abstract
The article outlines US dissatisfaction with the International Criminal Court (ICC), before assessing the strengths and weaknesses of US objections from the point of view of international law. It concludes that most of the concerns expressed by the US are either overstated or legally flawed but that there is good reason to object to the abrogation, for the purposes of trial before the ICC, of the immunities conferred by international law on at least certain US personnel.
Keywords: International Criminal Court, United States of America
JEL Classification: K33
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