Why Does the United States Object to the ICC

question 64

Multiple Choice

Why does the United States object to the ICC?

• A)The ICC has consistently ruled against the United States.
• B)Many U.S.personnel have committed acts that the ICC would consider serious human rights abuses.
• C)U.S.legal procedure does not meet the standards required by the ICC.
• D)Leaders in the United States think that the judges and prosecutors have too much independence.
• E)The laws the ICC uses are too specific about human rights abuses.

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