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May 24, 2024

International Criminal Court: 20 years, billions spent, limited success as U.S. considers sanctions

"As the U.S. weighs sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) over potential arrest warrants for Israeli officials, some experts have questioned the value of the court, given its track record since its founding...

‘The ICC Prosecutor … thinks the Biden administration is more interested in a cozy relationship with the ICC than with protecting Israelis and Americans from its power grab,’ Anne Bayefsky, director of the Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust as well as president of Human Rights Voices, told Fox News Digital.

‘If President Biden does not immediately invoke the American Service Members Protection Act, terminate all cooperation and support of the ICC, and use his authority to sanction ICC officials for their outrageous prosecution – actually persecution – of the democratic representatives of the Jewish state … justice will have been dealt a disastrous blow,’ Bayefsky said...

Bayefsky and others have urged the Biden administration to invoke the American Servicemembers Protection Act and sanction the ICC in response to any arrest warrants for Israeli officials..."
Date
May 24, 2024
Title
International Criminal Court: 20 years, billions spent, limited success as U.S. considers sanctions, Fox News
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Peter Aitken
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https://www.foxnews.com/world/international-criminal-court-20-years-billions-spent-limited-success-us-considers-sanctions
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