Difficulties faced in acheiving the aims of the ICC
Perhaps the biggest issue with the International Criminal Court is States unwillingness to corporate and legitimise the Rome Statute. International superpowers such as China and America not ratifying the Rome Statue creates issues about the power and legitimacy of the International Criminal Court.
Perhaps the most damaging State to the International Criminal Court is America who although signed it in 2000 under the presidency of Bill Clinton, did not ratify the document and in fact in 2002 George W Bush informed the security council that it never intends to ever become a ratified member of the International Criminal Court.
Without a States approval of ICC intervention the ICC cannot function within that State and therefore cannot prosecute the worst perpetrators to humanity.
Perhaps the most damaging State to the International Criminal Court is America who although signed it in 2000 under the presidency of Bill Clinton, did not ratify the document and in fact in 2002 George W Bush informed the security council that it never intends to ever become a ratified member of the International Criminal Court.
Without a States approval of ICC intervention the ICC cannot function within that State and therefore cannot prosecute the worst perpetrators to humanity.