Charter Quote by Noam Chomsky

There's a reason the United States opposes the very existence of the International Criminal Court, at least where American war crimes are concerned.

— Neil Macdonald

The fact that Universal Jurisdiction exists in relation to serious international crimes does convey two important aspects of the global reality: first, that such…

— Richard A. Falk

The United States has done some very good things in the world, and that does not change the fact that the World Court was…

— Noam Chomsky

The United States happens to be the only state in the world that has been condemned by the World Court for international terrorism.

— Noam Chomsky

If certain acts of violation of treaties are crimes, they are crimes whether the United States does them or whether Germany does them, and…

— Robert H. Jackson

The United States has held out against taking part in any of the world consensus that there should be a court of human rights…

— Roger Waters

Since Franklin Roosevelt's leadership in setting up the United Nations and the Nuremberg trials, the U.S. has promoted universal legal norms and the institutions…

— Michael Ignatieff

I think the International Criminal Court could be a threat to American security interests, because the prosecutor of the court has enormous discretion in…

— John Bolton

In the case of Yugoslavia v. NATO, one of the charges was genocide. The U.S. appealed to the court, saying that, by law, the…

— Noam Chomsky

There is a movement to get an international criminal court in the world, voted for by hundreds of states-but with the noticeable absence of…

— Harold Pinter

I think the International Criminal Court could be a threat to American security interests, because the prosecutor of the court has enormous discretion in…

— John Bolton

This issue of expanding the reach of international criminal law by reliance on the use of Universal Jurisdiction by domestic courts needs to be…

— Richard A. Falk