During his regular media\u00a0briefing, UN Spokesperson St\u00e9phane Dujarric was asked\u00a0if the Secretary-General had anything to say regarding\u00a0reports\u00a0that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio wants to \u201cdismantle\u201d the\u00a0Court, which prosecutes individuals for\u00a0genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of aggression.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile the ICC is an\u00a0organisation\u00a0that is separate from the Secretariat and the UN, it\u00a0remains for us a critical cog in the international justice system<\/strong>,\u201d said Mr. Dujarric.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt is supported by a vast number of Member States, and it helps bring accountability for serious crimes,\u201d\u00a0he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n The US is not a party to the Rome Statue, the 1998 treaty that established the ICC, which is located in The Hague in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n Learn more about the ICC in\u00a0<\/strong>our explainer\u00a0here.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n Mr. Rubio\u00a0laid out his plans\u00a0in\u00a0an opinion piece published in\u00a0The Wall Street Journal<\/em>, underlining\u00a0sovereignty\u00a0and independence.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cAmerica never agreed to a world tribunal that can override our own courts and the Constitution,\u201d he wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n The US was \u201claunching a diplomatic campaign with a simple message\u00a0\u2013\u00a0sovereign\u00a0States over globalism,\u201d\u00a0Secretary Rubio continued.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n It comes in the wake of developments last year, when\u00a0Washington\u00a0imposed sanctions on\u00a0nine\u00a0ICC\u00a0personnel \u2013 including\u00a0judges,\u00a0the\u00a0prosecutor and deputy prosecutors\u00a0\u2013\u00a0in connection with\u00a0efforts to\u00a0investigate alleged war crimes committed\u00a0by\u00a0US\u00a0forces\u00a0in\u00a0Afghanistan and\u00a0Israel in Gaza.\u00a0<\/p>\n In the opinion piece,\u00a0Mr. Rubio\u00a0stressed that\u00a0\u201cindependence is our birthright\u201d and\u00a0the US does not\u00a0\u201cintend to trade it for rule by a self-appointed priesthood of \u2018international law.\u2019\u201d\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n Mr. Dujarric\u00a0was asked if the Secretary-General accepts this characterization of the system the UN Charter<\/a> is built on.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cInternational law, the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights<\/a>,\u00a0were\u00a0created by sovereign Member States,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThey have brought protection, they have brought relief to millions of people, and they are, as the Secretary-General has often said, under threat and under attack.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" During his regular media\u00a0briefing, UN Spokesperson St\u00e9phane Dujarric was asked\u00a0if the Secretary-General had anything to say regarding\u00a0reports\u00a0that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio wants to \u201cdismantle\u201d the\u00a0Court, which prosecutes individuals for\u00a0genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of aggression.\u00a0 \u201cWhile the ICC is an\u00a0organisation\u00a0that is separate from the Secretariat and the UN, it\u00a0remains 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law \u2018under attack\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0<\/h2>\n