Trump at UN calls for all countries to quit ICC
US President Donald Trump called Tuesday for all nations that are part of the International Criminal Court to quit the body, calling it "out of control." "The United States is equally opposed to the out-of-control institution known as the International Criminal Court," he said at the United Nations. "I call on all nations that are members of the ICC to officially resign from this rogue…
On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump addressed the United Nations and urged all member nations of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to withdraw from the organization, labeling it as "out of control." The US remains opposed to the ICC, which Trump described as a "rogue institution." Secretary of State Marco Rubio pledged to dismantle the ICC, calling it an "intolerable threat to US sovereignty."
The court prosecutes individuals for the world's most egregious crimes, leading Washington to impose sanctions on ICC officials in response to the court's issuance of an arrest warrant for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a US ally. Trump emphasized that the US will never permit its service members or civilians to face investigation or show trials by an anti-American tribunal lacking jurisdiction over them.
The United States has never ratified the Rome Statute, which established the ICC, and Israel, Russia, and China are also non-members. In retaliation, the ICC condemned the US decision to sanction its president and a senior prosecution lawyer.
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