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Sep 2023
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Lawfare and the International Criminal C...

Ambassador (Retired) Pete Romero and Writer/Producer Laura Bennett
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The basis of the International Criminal Court is a treaty, written in part by the United States and signed by 123 countries worldwide.  Why is the US not a signatory?  Is this for some abstruse legal reason, or did the US actively undermine the treaty?  David Scheffer is back to help us understand the machinery of the ICC.

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