The US, the ICC and the future: A suggestion on how to convince the US

The US, the ICC and the future A suggestion on how to convert the US that signing and ratifying the ICC would be to its benefitIntroduction Throughout the twentieth century, the demesne has see some of the greatest wars and catastrophes for human life. Simultaneously the field has achieved some of the greatest advances in codifying human rights and enhancing the understanding that we are all citizens of this world and invariably connected. some(prenominal) human crisis occurs in one part of the world will in the short or long term influence the other(a) parts of the world and nobody is immune to this fact. Especially the join States seems to have understood in the 20th century that interaction between states and individuals is vital, and that the rule of rightfulness has to be completed on a national and international level. Arguable after the civil rights struggle and level(p)tually the end of the Cold War the US was able to happen upon action in order to critic ize human rights violations crosswise the globe. The civil rights movement indicated the US slowly growing willingness to accept the comparison of all its citizens, darn the fall of the Berlin Wall gave the US (and arguably other countries too), the freedom to care and openly criticize human rights violations wherever they happened to occur. However, despite the US strong involvement in codifying human rights and international criminal law through treaties, conventions and institutions, the US has already recently been accused of maintain an isolationist and even hegemonic stance across the globe. The US, through its omnipresent stance in the international media, international political arena, military capacity etc. is able to be unilateralist and non care close to hum... ... of the United Nations. The International Criminal hail The Making of the Rome legislation Issues, Negotiations, Results10 81. Herman von Hebel and Darryl Robinson. The International Crimi nal Court The Making of the Rome Statute Issues, Negotiations, Results11 Statement by US President Bill Clinton, authorizing the US signing of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, 31 December 2000, Camp David, Maryland, United States12 UNDER depositary OF STATE FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY WASHINGTON, John R. Bolton. http//www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/5/6/114156.shtml13 P. 38. John Bolton. Toward an International Criminal Court? A Council polity Initiative. 14 39. John R. Bolton. Toward an International Criminal court? A Council Policy Initiative15 43. Ibid. The US, the ICC and the future A suggestion on how to convince the US The US, the ICC and the future A suggestion on how to convince the US that signing and ratifying the ICC would be to its benefitIntroduction Throughout the 20th century, the world has experienced some of the greatest wars and catastrophes for human life. Simult aneously the world has achieved some of the greatest advances in codifying human rights and enhancing the understanding that we are all citizens of this world and invariably connected. Whatever human crisis occurs in one part of the world will in the short or long term influence the other parts of the world and nobody is immune to this fact. Especially the United States seems to have understood in the 20th century that interaction between states and individuals is vital, and that the rule of law has to be established on a national and international level. Arguable after the civil rights struggle and eventually the end of the Cold War the US was able to take action in order to criticize human rights violations across the globe. The civil rights movement indicated the US slowly growing willingness to accept the equality of all its citizens, while the fall of the Berlin Wall gave the US (and arguably other countries too), the freedom to care and openly criticize human rights violations wherever they happened to occur. However, despite the US strong involvement in codifying human rights and international criminal law through treaties, conventions and institutions, the US has already recently been accused of maintain an isolationist and even hegemonic stance across the globe. The US, through its omnipresent stance in the international media, international political arena, military capacity etc. is able to be unilateralist and not care about hum... ... of the United Nations. The International Criminal Court The Making of the Rome Statute Issues, Negotiations, Results10 81. Herman von Hebel and Darryl Robinson. The International Criminal Court The Making of the Rome Statute Issues, Negotiations, Results11 Statement by US President Bill Clinton, authorizing the US signing of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, 31 December 2000, Camp David, Maryland, United States12 UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNAT IONAL SECURITY WASHINGTON, John R. Bolton. http//www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/5/6/114156.shtml13 P. 38. John Bolton. Toward an International Criminal Court? A Council Policy Initiative. 14 39. John R. Bolton. Toward an International Criminal court? A Council Policy Initiative15 43. Ibid.