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The U.S. is one of the most ardent supporters of international criminal justice, having played critical roles in the establishment and operations of the U.N. War Crimes Commission, the World War II tribunals at Nuremberg, Tokyo and elsewhere, as well as the modern U.N. *ad hoc* or hybrid tribunals for the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Cambodia, and Lebanon. The ICC, as the only permanent international criminal tribunal with a mandate to investigate and prosecute genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and aggression, is the preeminent achievement in international criminal justice. While the U.S. played a central role in the establishment of the Rome Statute and other constituent documents of the ICC, it remains a non-State Party.

Building off positive developments at the end of the George W. Bush administration, the Barack Obama administration has developed the US-ICC relationship from one of hostility to one of progress. While the trajectory of US-ICC relationship is on a positive path, hurdles still exist. The following timelines allows you to look at the evolution of US-ICC relations, from events decades ago to the most recent developments.

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