Other Countries Should Not Help Rubio Dismantle the ICC

One month ago, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a sweeping campaign “to dismantle the threat posed by the International Criminal Court to U.S. sovereignty.” Having previously demanded that the ICC’s judges and chief prosecutor drop cases that the U.S. government opposes, Rubio now promises simply to take the institution apart, “brick by brick, if necessary.” Yet Rubio and his lieutenants essentially made that threat last year, holding over the Court the hammer of financial sanctions that would target not just the ICC’s senior officials – as the administration has been doing in tranches since February 2025 – but…