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00:00The ICC is an impartial court, as you said. Do you think Trump's actions could impact the court's
00:06reputation longer term and deter any serious investigations or work that could be interpreted
00:13as being against the interests of the United States in the future?
00:18Well, I suppose that's a possibility. But you've got to remember, and this is really very important,
00:25that the ICC is a court of last resort. It doesn't have primacy over domestic jurisdictions.
00:33They have primacy. So if a domestic jurisdiction is properly investigating a complaint,
00:41then the ICC does not step in. And for instance, Israel has a very fine independent judiciary.
00:49And if Israel was investigating the complaint against individuals in Israel, whoever they are,
00:58then the ICC would not and could not exercise jurisdiction.