US wants ICC members to withdraw from the institution
The State Department argued the ICC had spent years investigating former Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro without securing a prosecution, while accusing the court of overreaching by pursuing cases involving nationals of countries that had independent judicial systems and were not parties to the Rome Statute.
The US State Department has called on all countries that are signatories to the Rome Statute and thus members of the International Criminal Court (ICC), to withdraw from the institution.
In a strongly worded post on X, the US State Department welcomed what it described as Venezuela’s decision to leave the ICC, calling it a partnership in American-led efforts to dismantle the court.
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