The United States and ICC supporters can do more to prevent impunity for serious crimes by working together than either can achieve on their own, and it is in our mutual interest to develop a relationship that recognizes this.
-- John B. Bellinger III, Legal Advisor, U.S. Department of State, concluding his speech last Friday at a conference on the International Criminal Court (logo at left) at DePaul University College of Law, Chicago. Commentary on same from our Opinio Juris colleagues is here; a Wall Street Journal article on the conference as a whole here.
