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Marco Rubio: “The ICC was born 24 years ago.”

Featuring: Marco Rubio, Republican | Secretary of State, United States | National

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Rubio Blasts ICC as Threat to American Sovereignty

Published | Video Starts at 01:00

But as we speak, the ICC and its friends are waging a war against our country. Not with bullets or missiles, but with statutes, compacts, and the force of so called international law. When The ICC was born 24 years ago. they told us that it was merely a narrow backstop. A global court that would step in to prosecute only the gravest offenses. Things like genocide and war crimes. (01:00–01:03)

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Asserts that the International Criminal Court was established 24 years ago.

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