Statement released after Israeli and US officials rebuke the court for possible arrest warrants over Gaza war.

While the prosecutor’s statement did not mention Israel, it was issued after Israeli and US officials have warned of consequences against the ICC if it issues arrest warrants over Israel’s war on Gaza.

  • livus@kbin.social
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    8 months ago

    What muscle lies behind the ICC?

    The 124 countries on this list.

    Unfortunately as you can see from a glance at the linked map, although much of the world is on board with it, the US and China refuse, and the rest of us are not militarily strong enough to stop them from carrying out or supporting war crimes. The usual story of this is why we can’t have nice things.

    Note that the ICC is a court of last resort, it was set up for cases where people lacked the power or the infrastructure to try cases of crimes against humanity etc in their local jurisdictions.

    It’s an admirable project and the world needs it.