By John R. Bolton
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Resolutions opposing the death penalty. N. N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination), or disability (Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities). The issue here is not, for example, appropriate protections against discrimination, but who should decide such questions. Should it be American citizens operating under our Constitution or international agreements with nations that care little about fundamental freedoms or the importance of democratic debate? This is where the rubber truly meets the road on sovereignty.
Israel is often a preferred target because it is small and even less popular in the elite circles of international law and norming than We do not need international human rights experts, prosecutors, or courts to satisfy our own high standards for American behavior. the United States. ’s recent Gold-stone report on Israel’s 2008-2009 Operation Cast Lead against Hamas in the Gaza Strip criticized Israel for violations of the law of war, such as the “disproportionate use of force,” in ways that severely undermine Israel’s inherent right of self-defense.
The ICC’s enormous potential prosecutorial power awaits only the opportunity to expand almost without limit. The Clinton administration initially signed the ICC’s founding document, the Rome Statute, in June 1998, but there was no prospect that the Senate would ratify it. The Bush administration unsigned the treaty and entered into more than 100 bilateral agreements with countries to prevent our citizens from being delivered into the ICC’s custody. To date, the ICC has proceeded slowly, partly in the hope of enticing the United States to cooperate with it, and the Bush administration succumbed to it in its final years.