US Asks NATO Countries To Withdraw From International Criminal Court: Report

The United States has asked its NATO allies to help dismantle the International Criminal Court (ICC) and withdraw from the court's founding treaty, the Rome Statute, according to reports.The US NATO mission also circulated a document to the alliance's delegations, urging them to take immediate steps to withdraw from the Rome Statute. The paper reportedly said that the US would "systematically dismantle" the ICC's capabilities.Washington also asked NATO members to examine what it described as the threat posed by the ICC to their countries, publicly criticise what it called the court's "overreach" and stop providing material support to it."Let us end the charade of the ICC once and for all," the document obtained by Politico read. NATO itself is not a member of the ICC.