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The U.S. delegate's chair remains empty at U.N. headquarters at the final meeting of a commission preparing for the operation of the International Criminal Court, Monday, July 1, 2002. (AP Photo/Shawn Baldwin)
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The permanent International Criminal Court (ICC) exists since the 1st of July, 2002. It has been instituted by the Status of Rome to insure that genocides, war crimes and crimes against humanity do not remain unpunished.
Only the United States actively opposes to the ICC since its creation. Nevertheless Bill Clinton, hence the president of the U.S.A., signed the Status of Rome, on December 31, 2000. However the US position has radically changed since the election of George W. Bush in 2001. |