Does the ICC recognize the U.S. Bill of Rights at all?
The ICC was not drafted with the Bill of Rights in mind, as such. The major difference is no jury trial. Supporters of the ICC argue that in an extradition to a foreign country, there is most often no jury trial either, and that the international status of the court should make no difference. But there are other worries, such as adequate prison conditions, appeals by the prosecutor, and the clarity of the law applied. Even though 66 countries ratified the ICC, how can the ICC satisfy various cultural versions of justice? If someone is convicted of a war crime and imprisoned, but the cultural justice calls for execution, is the ICC failing the same people they are meant to serve? The issue of capital punishment is an obstacle … the Europeans are strongly opposed. Yet the Rwandans found it ironic that the leadership of the genocide was tried by the ICC with life imprisonment as the harshest punishment, while the lesser figures are tried locally and face capital punishment. Whether this
