The United States and the ICC: the force and farce of the legal arguments |
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| Authors: | Roger O'Keefe |
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| Affiliation: | University of Cambridge |
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| Abstract: | The article outlines US dissatisfaction with the International Criminal Court (ICC), before assessing the strengths and weaknesses of US objections from the point of view of international law. It concludes that most of the concerns expressed by the United States are either overstated or legally flawed but that there is good reason to object to the abrogation, for the purposes of trial before the ICC, of the immunities conferred by international law on at least certain US personnel. |
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