The United States helped build this architecture of international justice. The hypocrisy lies here: The United States wants a system capable of delivering justice, but only so long as that system cannot hold the United States or its allies accountable. When the same standards are applied to American officials or allies such as Israel, international justice is suddenly described as illegitimate or an assault on sovereignty. It is a campaign to weaken one of the central institutions created to hold perpetrators of grave international crimes accountable. Washington does not oppose international justice in principle.