US Opposes ICC Bid To Make 'Aggression' A Crime Under International Law -- Christian Science MonitorThe Obama administration has resisted efforts by the International Criminal Court to include 'aggression' as a crime, mainly because it could impact US military operations abroad.
The United States under the Obama administration has developed an increasingly close working relationship with the International Criminal Court in The Hague. But that growing engagement with a controversial institution of international law was unable to prevent the ICC from expanding the scope of its work to include the murky crime of “aggression,” a move the US had vehemently opposed.
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My Comment: Like most international bodies, political interference and self interests are always the priority .... forget about some common purpose and goal. Some in the U.S. may hope the ICC will go beyond this "business as usual" mindset .... but I am not so optimistic.
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