After years of uneasy interactions between successive administrations of the United States and the International Criminal Court (ICC) — ranging from apathy to indifference to tacit utilitarian engagement behind the scenes — the administration of President Donald Trump unleashed the most intense aggression against the Court, marked by direct coercive measures against the Court’s officials. This followed relentless prior threats of such actions and promises to do more harm. Since other international institutions including the World Health Organization, the World Trade Organization, and the Human Rights Council have also been on the receiving end of rough treatment from Mr Trump, it is evident that the experience of the ICC under his administration was not entirely unique, although the particular circumstances may have been so. The new administration of Mr Biden has signalled an intention to reset US foreign policy — and has started this process — by reversing the more aggressive aspects of Mr Trump’s stance. In relation to the ICC, this change should go beyond merely reversing Mr Trump’s coercive measures. It should include positive support for the Court, given America’s leading role in inspiring its creation and the Court’s raison d’être which remains the cause of all humanity.

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全人类的事业

在美国历届政府与国际刑事法院 (ICC) 之间多年不安的互动之后——从冷漠到冷漠到幕后默契的功利主义参与——唐纳德·特朗普总统的政府对国际刑事法院发动了最激烈的侵略，标志着通过对法院官员的直接强制措施。在此之前，无情地威胁要采取此类行动，并承诺会造成更大的伤害。由于包括世界卫生组织、世界贸易组织和人权理事会在内的其他国际机构也受到特朗普先生的粗暴对待，很明显，他领导下的国际刑事法院的经历并非完全独特，尽管具体情况可能如此。拜登先生的新政府已表明打算通过扭转特朗普先生立场中更具侵略性的方面来重新设定美国的外交政策，并开始了这一进程。就国际刑事法院而言，这一变化不应仅仅扭转特朗普先生的强制措施。它应该包括对法院的积极支持，因为美国在推动其创建方面发挥了主导作用，而且法院的存在理由仍然是全人类的事业。