• DupaCycki@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    Is he afraid he could become the next target of an investigation/warrant of the ICC?

    Not likely. The ICC rarely targets government officials from rich/Western countries, because it knows perfectly well how that’ll turn out.

    Also, the US is not a signatory to the Rome Statute, meaning the US is under no obligation to act on warrants or investigations issued by the ICC.

    He would have to step foot in a country that is, and one that respects its obligations towards the ICC.

    • FiniteBanjo@feddit.online
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      4 hours ago

      That’s a little narrow, it’s also been shit at holding anybody with Veto power accountable, including China, France, UK, USA, and USSR/Russia. It’s also failed in nations like Lybia under Muammar Gaddafi (and even now) and Sudan during the civil war.