The UN . . .

Some Questions and Answers regarding the International Criminal Court

Why did some State vote against the Statute?

Seven States voted agaisnt the Statute in an unrecorded vote so the names of the countries voting were not recorded. Three States-- China, USA, and Israel-- stated their reasons for voting against. China thought that the power given to the pre-trial Chamber to check the Prosecutor's initiative was not sufficient and that the adoption of the Statute should have been by consensus, not by vote.
The United States' principal objection was over the concept of jurisdiction and its application over non-State parties. It also stated that the Statute must recognize the role of the Security Council in determing an act of aggression.

Isral said that it failed to comprehend why the action of transferring populations into an occupied teritory was included in the list of crimes.

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