The Trump administration’s campaign against the International Criminal Court is a direct attack on accountability. Australia must not abandon its Rome Statute obligations.

Some commentators around the world think Marco Rubio, the corrupt Trump Administration’s Secretary of State, is slightly less unhinged than the President and his acolytes. One observer, Nicole Russell, writing in USA Today earlier this year said of ‘Little Marco’, that he’s ‘intelligent, articulate and knows where he stands on key issues.’

That assumption is wrong. Rubio is a man who wants to destroy the International Criminal Court (the ICC), persecute its officers, and force allies of Washington to join in its war on human rights. He is an enabler of human rights abuse – the man who wants to eliminate accountability for American leaders, military and civilians.

On Monday Rubio’s team issued a statement announcing ‘a sweeping campaign to dismantle the threat posed by the International Criminal Court to US sovereignty.’ The campaign ‘will feature a whole-of-government response to systematically disable the ICC’s ability to operate, target American servicemen or officials, or otherwise threaten American sovereignty.’

In other words, if you are in the US........

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