Despite Biden's ICC rejection, US sometimes sides with court
Voice of America
FILE - A view from outside the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, April 30, 2024. Various U.S. administrations have supported some ICC investigations, but the U.S. never ratified the treaty that created it. FILE - Ukrainian Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin testifies before U.S. lawmakers April 19, 2023, in Washington. He described horrifying examples of atrocities that he said were deliberately orchestrated by Russian forces to sow fear among civilians. FILE - Fatou Bensouda, then the International Criminal Court chief prosecutor, speaks at the Ministry of Justice in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, June 2, 2021. Presiding Judge Nawaf Salam reads the ruling of the International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, Netherlands, May 24, 2024.
The Biden administration denounced an International Criminal Court announcement this week that it is pursuing arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders over alleged war crimes during Israel's military campaign in Gaza and the militant group's October 7 attack on Israel.
