That act refers only to the ICC, which is not a sovereign state and only prosecutes cases that the sovereign states are themselves unwilling to prosecute.
> That act refers only to the ICC, which is not a sovereign state
The ICC only has authority in territories where a sovereign state grants them authority. Hence the act, a threat to invade a sovereign state if that sovereign state follows the legal process they've legally decided (by signing the Rome statute) and prosecute an American citizen
> and only prosecutes cases that the sovereign states are themselves unwilling to prosecute.
Cases that the sovereign state defers to the ICC as their established legal process.
The ICC only has authority in territories where a sovereign state grants them authority. Hence the act, a threat to invade a sovereign state if that sovereign state follows the legal process they've legally decided (by signing the Rome statute) and prosecute an American citizen
> and only prosecutes cases that the sovereign states are themselves unwilling to prosecute.
Cases that the sovereign state defers to the ICC as their established legal process.