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by JumpCrisscross 360 days ago
> ICC has its roots from the trials of Nazi criminals

You’re mixing up the ICC and ICJ.

The ICC was formed in 2002 [1]. The U.S. is not a treaty party to its founding document, the Rome Statute. The ICJ was founded because of the Nazis; it has jurisdiction over America [2].

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Court

[2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Court_of_Justi...