•    "Join us in urging Congress to vote NO on the misleadingly titled Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act (H.R. 23), set for a vote on Thursday, January 9. This bill aims to sanction the @IntlCrimCourt (ICC) for investigating war crimes, shielding Israeli leaders like Prime Minister Netanyahu from accountability for atrocities in Gaza. This legislation undermines international justice and denies Palestinians the right to hold war criminals accountable." Source: CAIR International via X

•    "H.R. 23, the so-called 'Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act,' is a Republican-led initiative that claims that the ICC has no 'legitimacy or jurisdiction' over Israel or the United States, because neither country is party to the Rome Statute — the treaty that established the court over twenty years ago. [...] For the last 15 months, Biden has made a mockery of both U.S. and international law by fueling the Israeli government’s genocide of Palestinians with billions in U.S. weapons. [...] This ongoing support for genocide and shielding of the Israeli government from accountability has laid the groundwork for legislation like H.R.23, which attacks the very international norms and human rights law that Democrats claim to defend." Source: Article published by the Jewish Voice for Peace

•    "The ICC performs a vital role in international affairs by investigating the worst international crimes that shook the collective conscience of humanity and investigating those accused of committing those crimes. It does so in a manner that protects the due process rights of the accused, the sovereignty of states, including the United States, and the rights of victims. As has been widely observed, supporting the work of the Court is in the interest of the United States, and sanctioning it, conversely, undermines important US interests. The positive role of the ICC has been recognized through previous bipartisan support for investigations into war crimes allegedly perpetrated by Russian officials in the Ukraine conflict (S.Res.531 and H.Res.963), attempts to bring justice for the victims of gross human rights violations in Myanmar, and as a pathway to accountability for perpetrators of atrocities in Sudan." Source: Letter published by Washington Working Group on the International Criminal Court, that was also signed by +80 WICC groups (WICC is a nonpartisan coalition of diverse NGOs, including human rights, faith-based, professional, and public policy groups)