political : INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT - US PARTICIPATION, YES OR NO [+] ballot by scifibabe created Fri Aug 01, 03 The United States played a central role in the precursors to the ICC: the Nuremberg trials, the international tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda, and the Sierra Leone court. Yet the U.S. government always demanded a high degree of control over the Court and resisted its authority to prosecute U.S. military and government officials. President Clinton authorized signing -- but not ratifying -- the Rome Statute on December 31, 2000, just before leaving office and on the deadline set by the statute. In May 2002, a new position emerged as the Bush administration nullified the United States' signature on the Rome Statute. In so doing, the administration withdrew U.S. support for the creation of the ICC and asserted the exclusion of U.S. citizens from the ICC's jurisdiction. Should the United States become a member of the International Criminal Court? Yes No The US should be included in the jurisdiction Ballot #1487 : SEE RESULTS Comment: show your vote with comment?

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