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• Trump’s National Security Advisor threatens International Criminal Court with sanctions
• “Today, on the eve of Sept. 11, I want to deliver a clear and unambiguous message on behalf of the president,” Bolton declared. “The United States will use any means necessary to protect our citizens and those of our allies from unjust prosecution by this illegitimate court.”

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The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (often referred to as the International Criminal Court Statute or the Rome Statute) is the treaty that established the International Criminal Court (ICC).

HEADQUARTERS OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

THE ISSUE BETWEEN U.S.A AND ICC

• The International Criminal Court (ICC) said that its work would continue “undeterred” after Washington threatened to prosecute its officials if Americans are charged with war crimes committed in Afghanistan.
• “The ICC, as a court of law, will continue to do its work undeterred, in accordance with those principles and the overarching idea of the rule of law”, the tribunal said in a statement. The Hague-based court’s response comes a day after the United States threatened to arrest and sanction court officials should they move to charge any American who served in Afghanistan with war crimes.

ANGRY U.S

• White House National Security Adviser John Bolton called the Hague-based rights body “unaccountable” and “outright dangerous” to the United States, Israel and other allies, and said any probe of U.S. service members would be “an utterly unfounded, unjustifiable investigation”.
• “If the court comes after us, Israel or other U.S. allies, we will not sit quietly,” said Mr. Bolton.

TOUGH ACTIONS

• The Hague-based ICC was set up in 2002 with a jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute the world’s worst crimes, including genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
• The court, however, does not have the capacity to arrest suspects and depends on member states for their cooperation.
• The United States has not signed up to the court and in 2002, its Congress passed a law enabling Washington to invade the Netherlands to liberate any U.S. citizen held by the court.

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