Can the International Criminal Court survive the next four years?
Al JazeeraThe world’s only permanent international tribunal mandated to prosecute war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide is facing its greatest challenge to date. With the incoming Trump administration and sanctions looming over the court and its staff, a simple question looms: can the International Criminal Court survive the next four years? And even if the sanctions are targeted against specific ICC staff, they will expose familiar discriminatory and racist thinking within the Trump administration: ICC staff from Western allies are much better positioned to persuade Trump to exclude their citizens from sanctions than those of the Global South. Consider the following trajectory: in the coming weeks, the Trump administration issues sanctions for senior ICC staff. But an upset White House escalates, issues new sanctions against the ICC as an institution, and goes a step farther, demanding that unless its allies also sanction the court, it will impose 30 percent tariffs on trade with them.
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