EU Should Defend the ICC: International Criminal Court Under Attack by US, Others.
EU Should Defend the ICC | Human Rights Watch | Text Version
Others, including populist right politicians in several of EU's own member states ...
The article's intention is good, but does anybody here know how much the EU commission or parliament can do about this, without unanimity, and without it’s own police ? Also does the ECJ have any role?
The only way to keep the ICC alive imho is to add enforcement through links with Europol/ECJ.
A European "Sheriffs" force or Europol expansion would be a strong start to add weight to their arrest warrants and add precedent.
Preferably, it would remain an EU institute, but subject to enforcing ICC rulings, so it can take on other tasks, and have the ICC still open to non-EU members with their own enforcement.
Maybe force the incoming german government to uphold and respect the ICC orders. That would do a lot.
Even the biggest party in the country that hosts it want it gone, ICC is under serious threat.