US Senator Marco Rubio, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state, accused the International Criminal Court (ICC) of severely damaging its credibility and warned that its actions could pose a threat to the US, Anadolu reports.
“I think the ICC has done tremendous damage to its global credibility,” Rubio said, referring to the court’s arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister Yoav Gallant on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Rubio argued at his Senate confirmation hearing that the ICC’s decision to pursue Netanyahu and Gallant set a “dangerous precedent” for sovereign nations, including the US.
“This is a trial run to see if they can go after a head of state from a non-member nation. If successful with Israel, they will apply the same standard to the United States at some point,” he said.
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