Harrowing photographs of slain Ukrainian civilians add to the proof of Russian battle crimes. Whereas many Europeans favor hauling the perpetrators into the Worldwide Felony Court docket, Washington has largely ignored the ICC since eradicating its signature from its foundational Rome Statute in 2002.
Which may be altering. The Biden administration has made noises about cooperating with the ICC, and on March 3 a bipartisan group of senators launched a decision that “encourages member states to petition the ICC and the ICJ [International Court of Justice] to authorize any and all pending investigations into battle crimes and crimes in opposition to humanity” dedicated by Russia.
