US pressures NATO allies to destroy ICC
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US envoy Matthew Whitaker asked NATO ambassadors in Brussels to help dismantle the ICC and urged them to leave the Rome Statute.
The push tests whether allies will choose Washington or the court.
背景
The ICC was set up in 2002 to prosecute individuals for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, and all NATO members except Turkey and the US belong to it. The US campaign follows the court's 2020 investigation into alleged war crimes by US soldiers in Afghanistan, which was re-prioritized the next year. It is part of a wider Trump administration push against international institutions it sees as limiting US freedom of action, after withdrawals from the Paris climate agreement, the WHO and the UN Human Rights Council. The pressure lands at a delicate moment for NATO, after many European countries refused to join the US war in Iran and after Trump's threats to annex Greenland.
来龙去脉
- 2020The ICC opened an investigation into allegations of war crimes committed by US soldiers in Afghanistan.
- 2021The ICC re-prioritized its investigations the following year.
- Jul 13, 2026US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the ICC and its friends are waging a war against the US with statutes and the force of so-called international law, and that the US would teach them the full meaning of American resolve.
- mid-July 2026During a closed-door meeting of NATO's 32 ambassadors in Brussels, US envoy Matthew Whitaker asked NATO countries for help in disassembling the ICC and urged them to leave the Rome Statute.
- mid-July 2026The US mission to NATO sent a paper to NATO delegations stating the US will systematically dismantle the ICC's capabilities and requesting allies immediately take steps to withdraw.
- Jul 2026Rubio launched an attack on the court, accusing it of interfering in American sovereignty, while NATO held its annual leaders' gathering in Ankara.
- recentlyWashington imposed sanctions on senior officials in nations resisting abandoning the court, including a chief prosecutor.
各方怎么说
- Official
- US envoy Matthew Whitaker ended his intervention saying, "We will be watching closely who stands with America."
- Official
- The US mission to NATO wrote that the US "will systematically dismantle the capabilities of the ICC" and firmly requested allies immediately take steps to withdraw, adding "Let us end the charade of the ICC once and for all."
- Support
- France reaffirmed its firm commitment to supporting the ICC and signaled opposition to the US move.
- Support
- The Netherlands emphasized its full backing of the court, headquartered in The Hague, and signaled opposition to the move.
- Caution
- Anonymous NATO diplomats called the comments "quite shocking" and "disappointing."
待核实
The account of the closed-door NATO meeting and the US document is based on three NATO diplomats granted anonymity, and the Daily Beirut report cites three diplomatic sources within the alliance. The US NATO delegation did not respond to a request for comment.