US warned ICC: We will invade The Hague

THE United States, which incessantly boasts that it is the world guardian of the "rules-based international order," passed a law in August 2002 warning the International Criminal Court (ICC) that it would invade its headquarters at The Hague or any of its facilities anywhere in order to forcibly free any American citizen the court arrests and detains.

Because of this, the law, while officially known as the American Service Members' Protection Act, is colloquially called the "Hague Invasion Act." The law's provisions practically threaten to outlaw the ICC if it were to investigate any American. The Act has been codified as Subchapter II of Chapter 81 of Title 22, United States Code, making it one of the general laws of the US.