Resolved: The United States ought to submit to the jurisdiction of an international court designed t

Resolved: The United States ought to submit to the jurisdiction of an international court designed to prosecute crimes against humanity. Jurisdiction:law legal authority: the authority to enforce laws or pronounce legal judgments Microsoftï¿½ Encartaï¿½ Reference Library 2004. ⓒ 1993-2003 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. ought: be morally right: indicates that somebody has a duty or obligation to do something or that it is morally right to do something Microsoftï¿½ Encartaï¿½ Reference Library 2004. ⓒ 1993-2003 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. submit:yield to somebody: to give in to somebody's authority, control, or demands Microsoftï¿½ Encartaï¿½ Reference Library 2004. ⓒ 1993-2003 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Value: Justice My value is justice; justice is the quality of being just, impartial, and fair. Justice is the value for the resolution because the goal of determining whether the U.S should submit to the jurisdiction of an international court designed to prosecute crimes against humanity or not is to bring justice to the world. My value criterion is Internationalism. According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, the definition of internationalism is a policy of cooperation among nations. This should be the value criterion because the resolution asks whether the U.S should achieve justice through internationalism established or not. An international court requires internationalism established in order to have the jurisdiction and achieve Justice. Observation: Notice the resolution use the word "ought" that we should determine whether the resolution should be achieved or not in terms of morality. The U.S is one of the dominant countries in world affairs Since the U.S is part of the UN, the U.S seeks to promote the cooperation of the world to bring justice ICC is an international court that is designed to prosecute crimes against humanity that most fits the resolution. Argument 1: An international court designed to prosecute crimes against humanity is more adequate than the U.S. A.The U.S court is not suitable for protecting the human rights. i.The U.S court couldn't protect the rights of most detainees in Guantanamo who have their rights violated and abused for a long time. Although the detainees in Guantanamo bay aren't protected with the Constitution, the U.S court of Appeals tried to protect their rights but they couldn't protect them effectively. 17 Uighur Muslims are found to pose no threat but only one of them is freed. B.An international court like ICC is most appropriate to have jurisdiction for crimes against humanity. i.The Human Rights Watch also supports the submission of the U.S court to ICC. The organization urged the Bush administration to sign the ICC Treaty, which the U.S didn't sign. ii.The U.S, as a member of the UN, wants to bring world peace, but, in countries like Uganda, it is difficult to have jurisdiction for criminals who committed crimes against humanity. U.S court on its own, it can't prosecute criminals in foreign countries. However, with the ICC, it is possible to have jurisdiction for those criminals. iii.Unlike the U.S court that has check and balance system restricted to the U.S government, the ICC has over 100 nations that oversee its jurisprudence, which can better protect it from abuses. Link: It is ironic for the U.S to prosecute the criminals who committed crimes against humanity. The ICC, an international court, can better preserve justice being achieved through internationalism established than the U.S court. Argument 2 The submission of the U.S to the ICC will further legitimize the court and this will promote the cooperation among nations, bringing justice more "effectively." It is hard for an international institution to function without the assistance or cooperation of world's most influential countries like the U.S. The U.S can provide support for the ICC in ways such as finance and politics. Moreover American intelligence agencies can help the court gather evidence and carry out investigations for the ICC. With the internationalism established between the most powerful countries, including the U.S, the ICC's legitimacy will be bolder, deterring future human rights abuses, and become more effective in bringing universal justice Please follow the LD rule