here have been more crimes against humanity that have claimed more lives than every war ever fought on foreign soil. The ICC would try international terrorist such as the recently captured Milsovic, who is only being tried in his home country, at the international level if it were adopted.Many of the focused points of the ICC are very controversial in America because there would be a power that the United States could not control, threatening the rights of U.S. citizens. This is daunting to the concept of American sovereignty. The United States also faces unique problems with the very nature of an ICC. It is questionable, for example, whether the U.S. Constitution allows the U.S. government to permit U.S. citizens to be tried for alleged crimes committed on U.S. soil by a body that is not a court of the United States. For example, if the United States agreed to grant jurisdiction over international drug trafficking to the ICC, this court legitimately could demand extradition of an accused U.S. citizen who never set foot outside the United States. Another problem is that the ICC most likely would not provide many of the basic legal rights of Americans, such as a trial by jury, forbidding trials in absentia, and the right of the accused to confront his accuser. Not only is the ICC threatening the US’s citizen’s rights but it would also jeopardize our military juridistion. A military commander is criminally responsible for crimes committed by forces under his/her command and control. Criminal responsibility also arises if the military commander knew or should have known that the forces were committing or were about to commit such crimes, but nevertheless failed to prevent or repress their commission. The United States would no longer have the authority to send military force to states that are in need of force without the prior consent of the United Nations. United State military laws would essentially be powerless. Many United...
