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Linda Kinsler says US should back international justice with funding

The Ezra Klein Show · The Warring Visions of American Power | The Ezra Klein Show · August 14, 2026
Linda Kinsler says US should back international justice with funding
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"I think you could imagine, and, you know, Mamdani explicitly called for this, for the United States to join the ICC. Frankly, it's hard to imagine any administration doing that. But I think what you could do is meaningfully lend American support to these institutions, you know, whether it's, for example, by giving a lot of money to the Trust Fund for Victims, for example."
Linda Kinsler argues that formal US accession to the International Criminal Court is unlikely under a future Democratic president. She suggests tangible support instead, including major funding for the ICC’s Trust Fund for Victims and reparative measures such as compensation mechanisms to make international law “material”.
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