America INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT:
BY THE NUMBERS ESTABLISHED
July 1, 2002: The Rome Statute was adopted in 1998 and entered into force in 2002.
125 STATES PARTIES
The countries that have ratified or acceded to the Rome Statute, the treaty that created the court.
2026 BUDGET: €196.9 million The ICC lists its approved 2026 budget as €196,852,900. WHO PAYS?
The court is funded primarily through assessed contributions from States Parties, using a scale based on the U.N. system. It can also receive U.N. funding in certain circumstances and voluntary contributions permitted under the Rome Statute.
4 CORE CRIMES Genocide 34 CASES
Have been brought before the court to date.
HEADQUARTERS
The Hague, Netherlands: The ICC also maintains a liaison of ice at the United Nations in New York and country of ices or field presences in several countries.
Crimes against humanity
War crimes
Crimes of aggression
61 ARREST WARRANTS
The ICC says judges have issued 61 arrest warrants; 32 suspects remain at large.
T BY MATTHEW LYSIAK
he trump administration has declared war on a global tribunal that it believes could one day put American soldiers, border agents, and elected offi cials on trial before foreign judges.
In a Wall Street Journal opinion piece in July, Secre-
tary of State Marco Rubio described the International Criminal Court (ICC) as an institution “backed and run by a powerful network of leftist nongovernmental orga- nizations, smug globalists, and hostile Third World gov- ernments” — one that, left unchecked, could drag “U.S. soldiers, police offi cers, Border Patrol agents and elected leaders” before foreign judges. “If we stand idle, all of them will be at the mercy of for-
eign judges, thousands of miles away,” he wrote. In February 2025, President Donald Trump signed an
executive order imposing sanctions on its chief prosecutor — the fi rst time any U.S. president had directly sanctioned a sitting international court offi cial. Eighteen months later, the administration is pressuring
allies to withdraw their membership and promising to step up the pressure.
WIDE MANDATE The ICC was created by the Rome Statute in 1998, and opened in The Hague, Netherlands, in July 2002. Its mandate covers war crimes, crimes against humanity
and genocide. Eighteen judges, elected by member nations, hear cases. Its prosecutor — also elected by those nations — has the authority to initiate investigations and seek arrest warrants. So far, 124 countries have ratifi ed the Rome Statute, but the United States, China, Rus-
“If we stand idle, all of them will be at
the mercy of foreign judges, thousands of miles away.”
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— Secretary of State Marco Rubio
Trump Fights to Dismantle International Criminal Court
U.S. fears Americans could be seized and tried by foreign judges.
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