US to resume engagement with ICC

US envoy for war crimes Stephen Rapp has announced that his country will for the first time attend a meeting of the International Criminal Court. Speaking to reporters in Nairobi, Kenya, he said the US wanted to engage more with the court in The Hague. The US has in the past refused to join the ICC, which was set up in 2002 to try individuals for war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity. Rapp said the US would attend the court's annual meeting as an observer. "Our government has now made the decision that Americans will return to engagement with the ICC," Rapp said on Monday. However, he said the US was still years away from joining the court.