US rejects International Criminal Court in Darfur

Washington Times:

The United States yesterday rejected European efforts to have the International Criminal Court prosecute war crimes committed in Sudan's Darfur region, saying the court is accountable to no one and cannot be trusted.
"We have had a number of objections to the International Criminal Court and therefore don't believe it's the best option for this," State Department spokesman Richard Boucher told reporters.
A senior State Department official later said that allowing the ICC to take charge of the Darfur case would cut the United States out of the process, because it is not a party to the court, and that the Security Council does not exercise supervision over the tribunal.

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But beyond concerns about Americans, the senior official said the administration does not trust the ICC because the court "authorizes prosecutors to go out and prosecute whomever they please" anywhere in the world.
Sudan, like the United States, has neither signed nor ratified the 1998 Rome statute that created the court.
For the court to try officials in Sudan, it would set a precedent of court jurisdiction in countries that are not parties to the ICC, he said.

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