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Faculty of Humanities and Social Science => Law => Topic started by: manjida on March 05, 2015, 11:10:20 AM

Title: Why US unsigned the Rome Statute ?
Post by: manjida on March 05, 2015, 11:10:20 AM

The U.S. opposed the ICC from the beginning, surprising and disappointing many people. Human rights organizations and social justice groups around the world, and from within the US, were very critical of the U.S. stance given its dominance in world affairs.

The U.S. did eventually signed up to the ICC just before the December 2000 deadline to ensure that it would be a State Party that could participate in decision-making about how the Court works. However,

    By May 2002, the Bush Administration “unsigned” the Rome Satute.
    The U.S. threatened to use military force if U.S. nationals were held at the Hague
    The U.S. continues to pressure many countries to sign agreements not to surrender U.S. citizens to the ICC.

But why would a country, often vocal in the area of human rights, and often amongst the first to promote human rights as a global issue in the past refuse to sign up to an international law and institution designed to protect human rights?


For more details please go through the link below:

http://www.globalissues.org/article/490/united-states-and-the-icc

Title: Re: Why US unsigned the Rome Statute ?
Post by: riaduzzaman on March 05, 2015, 01:56:56 PM

Not really surprised! 

Title: Re: Why US unsigned the Rome Statute ?
Post by: manjida on March 07, 2015, 09:19:07 AM

me either Sir... not surprised... they are like that..after all USA....

Title: Re: Why US unsigned the Rome Statute ?
Post by: Farhana Helal Mehtab on March 07, 2015, 04:55:19 PM

Humm..... well conclusion by dear Riaduzzaman & Manjida. But did you try to know further reasons for doing like this? I'm not supporting USA but I'll suggest you to go through a research paper "The United States’ Need to Ratify the Rome Statute" by
Sydney McKenney (May 17 2013).  The content was written by a student as the part of a university degree.

Here the link is:
http://www.e-ir.info/2013/05/17/the-united-states-need-to-ratify-the-rome-statute/

Title: Re: Why US unsigned the Rome Statute ?
Post by: manjida on March 08, 2015, 12:14:40 PM

Thank you ma'am for such an useful article. By the way, with all grounds that have been mentioned in the paper I would like to add that it is not only the fear of American nationals and military leaders being held accountable for their actions but also USA will not ever give the chance to anyone to let them be identified as unable or unwilling state to prosecute their own nationals who committed international crimes since the ICC has the 'principle of complementarity' not the 'principle of primacy'.

Title: Re: Why US unsigned the Rome Statute ?
Post by: Ferdousi Begum on March 10, 2015, 10:50:18 AM

Agreed Maan. USA will never give the chance to anyone.

Title: Re: Why US unsigned the Rome Statute ?
Post by: Farhana Helal Mehtab on March 10, 2015, 01:25:03 PM

Yes Manjida.... that's their philosophy!

Title: Re: Why US unsigned the Rome Statute ?
Post by: manjida on March 10, 2015, 02:00:56 PM

ma'am.. I would rather sat that's their superior complexity!!