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I\u2019m announcing a policy of U.S. visa restrictions on those individuals directly responsible for any ICC investigation of U.S. personnel. \u2026 These visa restrictions may also be used to deter ICC efforts to pursue allied personnel, including Israelis, without allies\u2019 consent. \u2026 We\u2019re prepared to take additional steps, including economic sanctions, if the ICC does not change its course. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, 15 March 2019<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s like d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu, all over again<\/em> \u2014 to quote legendary US baseball manager and pulp philosopher Yogi Berra<\/a>. Many chuckle at this quaint paradoxical observation, but on occasion it is fitting. While something may not quite be d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu<\/em>, seemingly or virtually, it just may be. And that is what we can say of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo\u2019s speech on 15 March 2019: same same as what we heard from US National Security Adviser John Bolton, but different. <\/em>D\u00e9j\u00e0 vu<\/em>, all over again.<\/p>\n

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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and President Donald Trump<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Was it not so long ago that National Security Adviser John Bolton informed<\/a> the world of the US\u2019s major policy shift towards the International Criminal Court (ICC)<\/a>? Did he not tell us that the US would do whatever it took to protect the US\u2019s sovereignty against the uppity, illegitimate, and presumptuous ICC for daring to investigate US citizens (military personnel and civilians) for committing crimes that fall under the ICC\u2019s jurisdiction? Say what you will about Bolton, he is anything but subtle; he does not do nuance, especially when going after one of his favorite targets \u2014 international institutions.<\/p>\n

Presumably, when Bolton announced President Trump\u2019s ICC policy, which he told us he would doggedly pursue, those on the receiving end of his message (and others) got the point: the US not only would not cooperate with the ICC, but would also try to undermine it as an international judicial institution recognized by 123 states<\/a> that have signed on to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court<\/a>. Pompeo undoubtedly took note of this policy, which, expectedly, was widely criticized (for my take see here<\/a>). Put differently, what part of Bolton\u2019s \/ Trump\u2019s policy on the ICC did Pompeo fail to grasp? Zero. But then why the need for this newer visa policy against the ICC?<\/p>\n

First, some general observations. ICC personnel (including ICC investigators working for the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP)), when on official missions, generally travel with diplomatic\/UN passports. Investigations are not conducted willy-nilly. They are planned, focused, and approved by the OTP, with notice given to and authorization received from the state authorities where the investigations are to be conducted (see Article 99 of the Rome Statute<\/a> on states\u2019 cooperation in relation to investigations and prosecutions). For Pompeo to somehow suggest \u2014 as he wanted the audience to conclude \u2014 that ICC investigators, having obtained US visas, infiltrated the US to conduct clandestine investigations by searching through government archival material (an absurdity), canvasing crimes scenes (an impossibility since the events occurred outside the US), or to meet with witnesses (possible though likely implausible considering that the witnesses are or were US military personnel and civilians not subject to being compelled to give evidence), is fantastical.\u00a0 Normally, written requests are made for information or documentary evidence. The US, like other states and organizations, tends to neither admit nor deny possessing anything being sought \u2014 unless it advances the US\u2019s agenda. So, just like there is no national emergency at the US\u2019s southern border of the US being invaded or on the cusp of being invaded by a hoard of criminals, terrorist, and dangerous immigrants, there is no emergency (which the out-of-the-blue announcement seemed to convey) that ICC investigators are running amok in the US, searching for evidence to (wrongly) indict US citizens.<\/p>\n

To put it bluntly, Pompeo\u2019s threat of revoking visas of ICC investigators is both brutish and inane. There are likely no visas to revoke. Anyone from the ICC traveling to New York for business at the United Nations \u2014 say when the UN Security Council is interested in considering making a referral to the ICC (which, irony of all ironies, the US as one of the permanent members has requested and\/or supported \u2014 e.g., Sudan and Libya) \u2014 is unlikely to be denied a visa. So whom is Pompeo kidding? OK, maybe some ICC personnel would like to visit Disney World with their families or maybe attend a conference, or take in a Broadway show. But seriously, Pompeo would have us to believe that ICC investigators are clandestinely carrying out investigations, which he just found out about, and he (since it is his policy) will have none of it. As for Pompeo\u2019s not-so-veiled threat against the ICC for any unwanted investigations it may be carrying out against US allies, specifically mentioning Israel, this too was raised by Bolton, so why the need to carry on about this visa policy?<\/p>\n

Bully for both Bolton and Pompeo.\u00a0 After all, what is the use of having a bully pulpit if you cannot use it?<\/p>\n

The bottom line is that Trump, Bolton, Pompeo, and other like-minded Trump officials can say whatever they like, just as the US can adopt whatever policy it wishes for itself or as a proxy for its friends. But this should not obscure the inconvenient reality: the ICC, flawed as it may be and unsuccessful as its track record reflects, is an independent court that is neither subordinated to nor reliant on the US. So what gives? Why was it necessary for Pompeo to make this announcement, which, in no small measure, was intended to undermine the legitimacy and diminish the viability of the ICC?<\/p>\n

My take is that Pompeo is trying to elevate his profile by being Trumpian: appealing to Trump\u2019s base, which he hopes to inherit when he runs for the US presidency. Why else, as Secretary of State, is he going around some of the primary (election) battle-states<\/a>? Or maybe he is just being Trumpian to coax Trump into making him the next Secretary of Defense \u2014 which would also signal to Trump\u2019s base (and other Republicans) that he is presidential material. Or maybe he is just being Pompeo: a more polished version of Trump \u2014 full of thuggish bravado, smug pomposity, and intellectual vacuity.<\/p>\n

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