Title: A resolution opposing and condemning the potential prosecution of United States and Israeli nationals by the International Criminal Court.
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
This resolution opposes and condemns the potential prosecution of U.S. and Israeli nationals by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Further, it declares that it should be U.S. policy to pursue a resolution by the United Nations Security Council prohibiting the ICC from prosecuting nationals of states, such as the United States and Israel, that are not parties to the treaty establishing the ICC.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 570 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 570

Opposing and condemning the potential prosecution of United States and 
         Israeli nationals by the International Criminal Court.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 12, 2020

Mr. Cruz submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Foreign Relations

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Opposing and condemning the potential prosecution of United States and 
         Israeli nationals by the International Criminal Court.

Whereas the United States has long objected to any assertion of jurisdiction by 
        the International Criminal Court (ICC) over nationals of states that are 
        not parties to the Rome Statute, including the United States and Israel, 
        absent a referral from the United Nations Security Council or the 
        consent of such a state;
Whereas, on December 20, 2019, the Prosecutor of the ICC asked the ICC judges to 
        confirm that the Court may exercise jurisdiction over the West Bank, 
        East Jerusalem, and Gaza, facilitating the potential prosecution of 
        Israeli nations;
 Whereas, on March 5, 2020, the ICC authorized an investigation into the actions 
        of United States Armed Forces and intelligence officials operating in 
        Afghanistan, facilitating the prosecution of United States nationals; 
        and
Whereas prosecutions of nationals from states that are not parties to the Rome 
        Statute, absent a referral from the United Nations Security Council or 
        the consent of such a state, are illegitimate and terminally endanger 
        the credibility of the ICC: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That--
            (1) the Senate opposes and condemns the potential 
        prosecution of United States and Israeli nationals by the ICC; 
        and
            (2) it should be the policy of the United States to pursue 
        a resolution by the United Nations Security Council prohibiting 
        the ICC from prosecuting nationals of states that are not 
        parties to the Rome Statute, including the United States and 
        Israel, absent a referral from the United Nations Security 
        Council or the consent of such a state.
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