The International Criminal Court
(ICC) is a highly-politicized body that is not recognized as a judicial authority
by major nations like the U.S., China, Russia, Israel and many others. Just
today, the U.S. threatened the ICC with sanctions if its judges or prosecutors make
a move against the U.S., Israel or any of its allies (https://ph.yahoo.com/news/us-threatens-arrest-icc-judges-probe-war-crimes-174349613.html).
The fact is, the ICC prosecutors and judges can only go after weak and
vulnerable nations in its supposed “pursuit of justice” for human rights abuse
victims. If you’re powerful enough, the ICC can’t go after you.
And like in the United Nations
(UN), politics play a major part of how it operates. Israel had refused to be
a party to the ICC because it has concerns that political pressure on the Court
would lead it to reinterpret international law or to "invent new
crimes".
The Philippines should leave the
ICC, it is a waste of taxpayers’ money. The Philippines is better off using the
cash to strengthen our Armed Forces. Better yet, the ICC should disband. The
ICC has become a tool for harassment by political adversaries from weak and
vulnerable nations.
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