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B. The 1948 Genocide Convention came after Nazi Germany murdered 7 million Jews in World War II. The term genocide, which describes the intentional destruction of a people in whole or in part, was not coined until 1944. But, the practice has occurred throughout history and continues to this day.
C. The Hague is Netherlands’ administrative center and its seat of government. It also hosts the ICC, the UN’s International Court of Justice, the Permanent Court of Arbitration, Europol and about 200 other international government organizations.
A. The ICC has been part of the global justice system since 2002, but its concentration on African issues has led to accusations of bias. There are 123 countries that have ratified the treaty creating the court, including most of Europe and Latin America, as well as much of Africa and some of Asia.
D. In September 2020, the administration of former President Donald Trump targeted court staff with asset freezes and travel bans for investigating American citizens over potential war crimes in Afghanistan. The sanctions were lifted as inappropriate the following April by the Biden administration, which still objected to the investigation.