USA:s utrikesdepartementet riktar in sig på Internationella brottmålsdomstolen | NTD NYHETER

And the Trump administration says the International Criminal Court is posing a threat to the sovereignty of the United States. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the court seeks to become an unaccountable global arbiter. The American people never agreed to any of this, and they never will. Read the words of our Declaration of Independence. We fought a revolution against a foreign power transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offenses. Independence is our birthright. We will never let foreign bureaucrats take that away from us. This administration will not sit by as the ICC and its allies seek to threaten our people. If they believe they can deprive us of our sovereignty, we will teach them the full meaning of American resolve. According to the State Department, the approach will systematically disable the court's ability to target American officials and service members. The U.S. is calling on allied nations and other countries under U.S. security umbrella to reject the ICC's presumed authority. The department added that nations that rely on U.S. assistance would face increased scrutiny if they refused to reject the court's jurisdiction. The U.S. is also considering revoking visas, travel bans and sanctions against ICC personnel.