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The precise legal effect of the ban is uncertain and turns on how the U.S. interprets its obligations under the United Nations Headquarters Agreement.
On Friday, a panel of three International Criminal Court judges rejected the request of the court's Prosecutor to investigate "the situation" in Afghanistan, including alleged war crimes committed by the U.S. military and CIA.
These measures reflect broader trends of growing U.S. reliance on targeted sanctions—including going after named individuals—as means for addressing broader foreign and security challenges.
The president’s speech, along with that of National Security Advisor John Bolton, propagates misconceptions about the ICC, and about international institutions in general.
The reactions of Poland, Lithuania, Romania and Afghanistan will be quite important for the looming investigation that was the focus of Bolton’s ire.
In his first major speech since becoming national security adviser, John Bolton on Monday returned to one of his most enduring themes: the dangers of the International Criminal Court and, more broadly, runaway and unaccountable “global governance.”
The U.S.-ICC dispute cries out for a diplomatic resolution.
National Security Adviser John Bolton delivered the following remarks to the Federalist Society on Monday. The remarks below are as prepared for delivery.
“Protecting American Constitutionalism and Sovereignty from International Threats”
Thank you, Gene [Eugene Meyer], for your kind introduction. I want to thank Gene, as well as Dean Reuter, for the invitation to be here today. It is a true honor to address all of you this afternoon.
With John Bolton as national security adviser, both the United States and the International Criminal Court should take steps to avoid a collision.
Bolton, who has been a ferocious opponent of the International Criminal Court, will likely be assuming his post just as the court opens its first ever investigation of United States conduct.