Exclusive: bill from Democratic lawmaker comes two days after Marco Rubio vowed to dismantle war crimes tribunal
Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar introduced a resolution Wednesday urging the United States to join the international criminal court (ICC), marking the first congressional pushback against the Trump administration’s pledge to “systematically disable” the war crimes tribunal through sanctions and diplomatic pressure.
Omar’s bill came two days after Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, vowed to dismantle the court.
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This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Cate Brown.
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