"The International Criminal Court (ICC) Statute has been signed by 139 countries and ratified by 76. USA has not ratified the Rome Treaty The treaty establishing the ICC took effect on July 1, 2002, perhaps being the most important new human rights institution in fifty years. But hopes raised in that the principle of universal justice had been established were only momentary.The USA submitted a proposal to the UN in respect of the peace-keeping mandated in Bosnia. The Security Council rejected it. Hopefully the goals of the Court— prosecuting future Poll Pots and preceptors of war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity, have not foundered..."