Trump calls on all ICC members to quit 'rogue institution'
UNITED NATIONS: 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.”
US President Donald Trump called on Tuesday for all nations belonging to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to immediately resign from the institution, branding it as "out of control." The US, which is not a member of the ICC, expressed strong opposition to the body, which he described as an "anti-American tribunal with no jurisdiction over us."
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio vowed to dismantle the ICC, calling it an "intolerable threat to US sovereignty." The ICC is responsible for prosecuting individuals for the world's most severe crimes. Washington has imposed sanctions on ICC officials in response to the court's arrest warrant for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a close US ally.
Trump made it clear that the United States would never permit US service members or any other individuals to face investigation or trial by an ICC tribunal. Israel, Russia, and China are among the countries that are not ICC members.
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