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Trump Administration Announces Plan to ‘Dismantle’ the ICC (novaramedia.com)

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The US state department has launched a plan to “disable” and “dismantle” the International Criminal Court (ICC), which includes pressuring other countries to join in and threatening to cut US assistance for those that don’t.

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[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

This was a long time coming. The US has been heavily against the ICC since before it was even created. It was one of the few countries that voted against its establishment, and right away pressured its 'allies' to ignore the ICC's rulings and arrest warrants.