US Welcomes Chad’s Withdrawal From ICC

The United States has welcomed Chad’s decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), describing the move as a step toward reclaiming national sovereignty while urging other member states to also leave the Rome Statute.

The position was contained in a statement posted on the official X handle of the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of African Affairs on Tuesday.

According to the bureau, the US considers the ICC a flawed institution and reiterated its opposition to what it described as the court’s overreach.

“The United States welcomes Chad’s decision to withdraw from the ICC and join the growing number of nations reclaiming their sovereignty from this flawed institution.”

The statement also referenced the position of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who has consistently maintained that the United States would not submit its sovereignty to the jurisdiction of the international court.

“As @SecRubio has stated, the United States will never surrender its sovereignty to an unaccountable global tribunal, and we are launching a comprehensive, whole-of-government campaign to end the ICC’s illegitimate overreach.”

The U.S. government further called on countries that are parties to the Rome Statute to reconsider their membership of the court.

“We call on all other ICC members to withdraw from the Rome Statute.”

TVC News Online earlier reported that Chad announced its decision to begin the process of withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC), joining a growing list of countries distancing themselves from the Hague-based tribunal.

In a statement announcing the decision, Chad’s government said the withdrawal followed “an in-depth review of the functioning of the International Criminal Court since it began operating in 2002, as well as its record, whose effectiveness remains limited and uneven.”

The government also accused the ICC of disproportionately focusing on African countries, noting that nine of the 13 investigations launched by the court since its establishment have involved African states, while only four relate to other regions.

The United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio had also accused the International Criminal Court (ICC) of undermining American sovereignty, declaring that the administration would resist what he described as attempts by foreign institutions to interfere with the country’s legal and political system.

Rubio made the remarks in a video shared on his official X handle, where he defended America’s independence and criticised the Hague-based court, insisting that unelected international officials should not have authority over U.S. citizens or institutions.

The U.S. Secretary of State alleged that the ICC and its allies were attempting to erode America’s sovereignty through the application of international law rather than military force.

“But today, powerful people in faraway places want to take that away from us. They believe that they should be in charge of your laws, of your country, your life, and they don’t care whether or not you agree,” he stated.

Rubio described the ICC as an institution run by unelected officials with what he called “almost unlimited” authority, arguing that it had evolved beyond its original mandate.

“When the ICC was born 24 years ago, they told us that it was merely a narrow backstop, a global court that would step in to prosecute only the gravest offenses… But the truth is, it was something far more radical and extreme. It was a global tribunal staffed by unelected globalist bureaucrats who claim their power is almost unlimited,” he said.