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Cate Brown

Marco Rubio launches campaign to dismantle international criminal court

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Marco Rubio in Ankara, Turkey on 8 July 2026. Photograph: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, launched a campaign to dismantle the international criminal court (ICC) on Monday, claiming the global tribunal was interfering with US military and law enforcement operations at the risk of American sovereignty.

Rubio invoked images of US border patrol agents and elected leaders being “dragged before an international court” and tried by judges from around the world in a lengthy op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal Monday.

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