Rubio blasts international law as instrument of control as State Department attacks ICC
By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times - Friday, November 13, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday gave an aggressive speech lambasting international entities that he said weaponize the rule of law to constrain the U.S. as his State Department continues to put pressure on the International Criminal Court.
In a speech at the National Lawyers Convention at the Federalist Society, a conservative legal organization, in Washington, D.C., Mr. Rubio accused international organizations such as the ICC of hypocrisy and demagoguery.
“They’re staunch defenders of democracy, until a particular election challenges their interests,” he said. “They lecture us on the importance of sovereignty, even as they demand that nations surrender control of their borders — and outsource their immigration laws to unelected international courts. They oppose all forms of imperialism, conquest and domination, while seeking to exercise authority over every country and government on Earth.”
The U.S. is not a party to the Rome Statute, the international treaty that established the ICC in 1998. Mr. Rubio and his allies have long maintained that the entity has no authority to investigate or prosecute U.S. citizens or service members.
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