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• The 'monster that we need to slay'? Global governance, the United States, and the International Criminal Court.

The International Criminal Court is a new mechanism for the global governance of human rights that enjoys broad support from a large number of states....

• Global Governance
• Vol. 16 Nbr. 4, October 2010

• Hostile Outsider or Influential Insider? The United States and the International Criminal Court

Continued resistance only risks greater isolationism and lack of credibility and support, something at present the United States simply cannot afford. [...] history clearly demonstrates that absent the ICC's enforcement mechanisms to address individual responsibility, horrific crimes will continue and impunity will reign. [...] the United States, which still has an opportunity to play a significant role with the Court-and regain its reputation for an unyielding commitment to promoting human rights, justice, and the rule of law-should ratify the Rome Statute or, at a minimum, adopt a strategy and policy of conciliation and cooperation instead of obstruction and antagonism.

• Army Lawyer, The
• Nbr. 5/2009, May 2009

• Memorandum On Waiving Prohibition On United States Military Assistance to Parties to the Rome Statute Establishing the International Criminal Court

* Determine that the Central African Republic and Guinea have each entered into an agreement with the United States pursuant to Article 98 of the Rome Statute preventing the International Criminal Court from proceeding against U.S. personnel present in such countries; and

• Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
• July 29, 2009

• 22 USC 7401 - Sec. 7401. Restriction relating to United States accession to the International Criminal Court

• US Code - Title 22: Foreign Relations and Intercourse

• International Criminal Court; waiving prohibition on United States military assistance to parties to the Rome Statute (Presidential Determination) No. 2006-27 of September 29, 2006,

• FR, November 08, 2006
• Presidential Documents

• 22 USC 7402 - Sec. 7402. Prohibition on extradition or transfer of United States citizens to the International Criminal Court

• US Code - Title 22: Foreign Relations and Intercourse

• Lead On Libya

The Obama administration is backing the International Criminal Court's (ICC) arrest warrants for Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. It is a dangerous precedent for the United States to rush to affirm the jurisdiction of this relatively new international body, particularly with a president whose counterterrorism strategy has made his name synonymous with "targeted killing. On Monday, ICC judges granted warrants for Col. Gadhafi, his son Seif al-Islam and regime intelligence chief Abdullah Sanussi. The court said there were "reasonable grounds to believe" that the trio were "criminally responsible as indirect co-perpetrators" of the murder and persecution of civilians. The White House hailed the warrant against Col. Gadhafi as "another step in [the] process of holding him accountable."

• The Washington Times
• June 29, 2011

• 22 USC 7426 - Sec. 7426. Prohibition of United States military assistance to parties to the International Criminal Court

• US Code - Title 22: Foreign Relations and Intercourse

• A global war on drugs: why the United States should support the prosecution of drug traffickers in the International Criminal Court.

I. INTRODUCTION Organized, internationally-based drug traffickers with vast financial resources pose a serious threat to the stability and security ...

• American Criminal Law Review
• Vol. 37 Nbr. 1, January 2000

• Waiting for justice: the United States and the International Criminal Court.

A number of shortcomings surround the International Criminal Court (ICC) which was established by 120 governments on Jul 17, 1998. For one thing, the ICC does not have any jurisdiction to prosecute war crimes carried out by non-member countries. It also does not have the authority to deal with heinous crimes that took place in World War II. However, its creation has come to symbolize man's quest to protect and uphold human rights.

• World Policy Journal
• Vol. 15 Nbr. 3, September 1998