They can make a decision that US soldiers are guilty of war crimes, but then what?
Being a member of the ICC requires that a state cooperate with the court. If a witness is called, the state has to make that witness available. If the court wants access to evidence, the state has to provide that access. Most importantly, if a person is indicted or convicted, the state has to turn that person over.
Because the US withdrew from the ICC, if a US soldier is convicted of war crimes by the ICC they can just go on living their lives as normal because the US isn’t going to turn them over because they’re not a member of the ICC.
Thanks. I think the ICC can try people in absentia, though, but it has no independent authority to extradite. Pinochet was picked up in Spain and imagine Netanyahu won’t be spending any time on Greek beaches for the remainder of his life.
The US also has a policy, maybe a law, that authorizes military force to extract an US citizen from ICC justice. arewethebaddies.gif.
They can make a decision that US soldiers are guilty of war crimes, but then what?
Being a member of the ICC requires that a state cooperate with the court. If a witness is called, the state has to make that witness available. If the court wants access to evidence, the state has to provide that access. Most importantly, if a person is indicted or convicted, the state has to turn that person over.
Because the US withdrew from the ICC, if a US soldier is convicted of war crimes by the ICC they can just go on living their lives as normal because the US isn’t going to turn them over because they’re not a member of the ICC.
Thanks. I think the ICC can try people in absentia, though, but it has no independent authority to extradite. Pinochet was picked up in Spain and imagine Netanyahu won’t be spending any time on Greek beaches for the remainder of his life.
The US also has a policy, maybe a law, that authorizes military force to extract an US citizen from ICC justice. arewethebaddies.gif.