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The ICC is a legacy of the international Nuremberg trials held after World War II by England, France, the Soviet Union and the United States, and has been operating since 2002 in The Hague, Netherlands. The court has rarely been more important or needed more robust support from the United States than now. It is investigating crimes carried out by Russia in Ukraine. Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor, has issued arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and his associate Maria Belova-Lvova on charges of war crimes for abducting and deporting more than 16,000 Ukrainian children into Russian-held territory. I spent a week at United Nations headquarters in New York in December, along with representatives from 124 countries and leaders of human rights organizations from around the world. We were attending the 22nd annual Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court. I am the founder and director of World Without Genocide, located at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, and we have Special Consultative Status at the UN and are a member of the global Coalition for the International Criminal Court, which allowed us to attend this special meeting. Some background: The ICC is a so-called “a court of last resort,” to be used when a state is either unable or unwilling to take on the cases in its domestic courts. The court seeks to end impunity and deter future crimes by charging those who have the greatest responsibility for mass atrocities. Since its inception, the ICC has indicted more than 40 individuals, including Sudan’s former president Omar Al-Bashir for genocide and crimes against humanity. There is no immunity for heads of state. Situations are under investigation today in countries including Sudan, Myanmar, Central African Republic, Georgia, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Venezuela, Colombia, Kenya and Iraq. The ICC has also opened investigations into possible war crimes committed in both Palestine and Israel dating back to the Hamas-initiated war in 2014 through today. Chief Prosecutor Khan has particularly addressed hostage-taking, a grave violation of the Geneva Conventions, and he has called for the release of the individuals held by Hamas. He has also reminded Israel of its “obligation to comply with the laws of armed conflict,” stating that “impeding relief supplies may constitute a crime.” At the assembly, the agenda included both administrative and policy issues, including selecting new judges, establishing the budget, and enhancing security. Of special significance, the Office of the Prosecutor announced expanded procedures to address crimes against children— one in six worldwide live in conflict zones — and crimes involving sexual, reproductive and other gender-based violence. Since its inception, the court has also focused on providing financial reparations to people and/or communities that have been harmed by perpetrators’ crimes. Where financially possible, the guilty persons pay reparations themselves; if unable to do so, there is a Trust Fund for Victims, supported by contributions from state parties. While participating nations debate and decide administrative issues, the conference also includes nongovernmental organizations like Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and World Without Genocide, which meet to help shape the court’s operations and bring forward important issues in human rights and international criminal law. For example, UN Women held session on the effort to create an international convention for Crimes against Humanity. Most of the world’s nations are parties to the court, but the U.S. is notable by its absence — along with China, Russia, India and Israel. The U.S. has had an on-again, off-again relationship with the court. U.S. legal scholars and activists supported the court’s formation, and President Bill Clinton signed on to ratify the Rome Statute, the first step in becoming a state party. However, President George W. Bush ‘erased’ that signature and subsequently initiated the American Service Members Protection Act of 2002, informally known as “The Hague Invasion Act,” which threatened to withdraw military aid from countries that supported the court. Former President Donald Trump had an adversarial relationship with the court, placing sanctions on then-Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda and refusing to issue visas for certain court personnel. In June 2020, a Trump executive order declared a national emergency and authorized asset freezes and family entry bans against ICC officials. In 2021, the Biden administration dropped these sanctions. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the U.S. stance towards the court has been very positive. The U.S. is supporting with money and expert assistance the ICC investigations in Ukraine of crimes dating to the 2014 invasion of Crimea. I have attended the assembly sessions for several years, each time including students from law schools in Minnesota and elsewhere from our World Without Genocide delegation. We encourage lawyers and others to join us in advocating for this court, as did the president of the American Bar Association in her address to the assembly at the recent meeting. She said, “The ABA will continue to support the ICC as a crucial forum for justice for atrocity crimes, and to advance the rule of law and global practice of international criminal justice.” Even as we mourn the atrocities we are seeing around the world, we must work to support institutions like the ICC that will allow the international community — including, crucially, the United States — to work toward a more just world for all. 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