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I was jist following orders (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[-] [email protected] 11 points 22 hours ago

American soldiers aren’t in the jurisdiction of the ICC or any international court anyway.

[-] [email protected] 30 points 22 hours ago

That really isn't how that works. The US has declared that they won't allow the international courts to get involved, but that doesn't necessarily prevent those courts from disagreeing.

"Jurisdiction" is only a thing when a court answers to some higher authority who has limited what that court can do. Since the international courts theoretically don't answer to the US government, they can make any ruling they like.

They're unlikely to bother, since they probably won't be in a position to enforce any ruling against typical foot soldiers, but they absolutely could if it came to that point

[-] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago

They could, but it would be a big mistake: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members%27_Protection_Act

You may have heard it called the, "Invade the Hague Act."

[-] [email protected] 11 points 19 hours ago

America isn't in the jurisdiction of the ICC, but American soldiers who commit crimes within ICC countries are. This means that American soldiers according to international law can, for example, be prosecuted for crime they commit in support of Israel's genocide.

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