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It is rather unpleasant to read the European Parliament’s resolution on the International Criminal Court (ICC) and discover in each line a certain arrogance on the part of the Union, which wants to force the hands of the Member States, candidate countries and third countries so that they will sign up to the statutes of the Court or refuse to sign bilateral agreements with non-signatories. It is as if the European Union had sole access to some higher universal principles which lay down that the Court must have universal competence. Well, that is not the case.
The ICC is based on a treaty which only binds its contracting parties. Therefore, the United States have the right to stipulate that, if they do not sign, their nationals cannot be brought before the court without their agreement. By believing, or appearing to believe, the opposite, the Union is mistaken, and this is pointlessly complicating transatlantic relations.
Furthermore, in view of this European arrogance, it appears that the United States has good reason to be mistrustful. How far is Europe prepared to go? We should remember that it may be dangerous to abandon the traditional rules of international order in favour of a system of world justice which, without the consent of all nations, would have no real basis."@en1
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