That question, repeated to both of us for decades across war zones, is the reason for the International Criminal Court (ICC), established by the Rome Statute in 2002. That question, repeated to both of us for decades across war zones, is the reason for the International Criminal Court (ICC), established by the Rome Statute in 2002. During Trump’s first term, his administration also leveled sanctions against ICC personnel, most acutely the ICC prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda. The ICC did not collapse, and its membership accelerated in the years that the United States was working hardest against it. The United States can still choose to be the country that helps them, but dismantling the ICC brick by brick is a choice to be something else.