The United States relies on its “constitutional rights” in its policies, which appear to include the right to commit war crimes with impunity, says The Nation columnist Rebecca Gordon.
“Unlike the rest of the world, we have ‘constitutional rights’ that seem to include the right to commit war crimes with impunity,” she writes.
Gordon recalled that the United States has refused to sign the Rome Statute, a treaty of the International Criminal Court, which makes it impossible for the United States and its citizens to be tried under international criminal law.
At the same time, the U.S. operates 750 military bases in 80 countries, and in the past has launched a “disastrous war” by invading Iraq in 2003, the journalist noted.
In September 2021, China called for an investigation into the mass killing of civilians by the US military and its allies over the 20-year campaign in Afghanistan.
In March 2020, the appellate chamber of the International Criminal Court unanimously approved a prosecutorial request to investigate possible crimes committed in Afghanistan.
The US condemned the plans. US President Donald Trump has since signed an executive order authorising the imposition of sanctions on ICC members.
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