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by JumpCrisscross
360 days ago
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> How is it surprising a country who invades basically any country on a whim, based on false premises, also sees itself as being above international law? One, international law hasn’t ever constrained any of the great powers. (China annexed Tibet in 1951, for example.) Two, the U.S. isn’t a treaty partner to the Rome Statute [1]. The ICC doesn’t have jurisdiction in America. One of the founding principles of the post-war system was treaty-based law—countries cede their sovereignty by agreement, not force. America generally sees itself as being above international law. But it is far from alone in this. And the ICC isn’t an example of it. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome_Statute |
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