The United States and the ICC: The Force and Farce of the Legal Arguments

24 Cambridge Review of International Affairs 335–355 (2011)

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Roger O'Keefe

Bocconi University - Department of Law

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

Suggested Citation

O'Keefe, Roger, The United States and the ICC: The Force and Farce of the Legal Arguments (2011). 24 Cambridge Review of International Affairs 335–355 (2011), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3496654 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3496654

Roger O'Keefe (Contact Author)

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