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International Criminal Court faces 'test of resilience' as US imposes sweeping sanctions (www.france24.com)
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The Trump administration has imposed sweeping new sanctions on the International Criminal Court as part of its campaign to dismantle what it describes as a "rogue" tribunal, threatening to cripple its operations. Following the move, ⁠the European Union said it was "ready to take any necessary measures to enable the court to carry out its work".

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Bush Sr supported the initial concept of it.

Clinton signed it, but held off ratification because of a lack of US immunity: https://1997-2001.state.gov/global/swci/001231_clinton_icc.html

Dubya renegged on that signature for the same reason: https://www.jstor.org/stable/40203935

Obama was friendlier than Dubya, but still held back from signing onto the ICC because of lack of US immunity. https://justiceinconflict.org/2014/02/04/unfortunate-but-unsurprising-obama-undermines-the-icc/

Trump is well known.

Biden held a hypocritical stance where he helped the ICC against Russia, but decried it when it prosecuted Bibi and Israel. Still also held the concept of US immunity as a requirement: https://www.justsecurity.org/87707/bidens-cooperation-with-the-icc-is-a-step-toward-embracing-reality/

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