The Department of Justice informed the International Criminal Court (ICC) this week that it rejects any assertion of jurisdiction over U.S. citizens.
The position was conveyed to the ICC president by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche in a June 29 letter.
“The United States is not a party to the Rome Statute and has never consented to the ICC’s authority,” the letter said.
The Rome Statute is the treaty that founded the ICC.
“As a matter of international law, a treaty cannot bind a non-consenting country,” Blanche said.
“Accordingly, the ICC has no jurisdiction over U.S. persons—anywhere in the world—and any attempt to assert such authority is illegitimate, unlawful, and a direct affront to the sovereignty of the United States.”…