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The negotiations on the ICC allowed the EU to unite its member states behind a common cause and to create a counterweight to the USA. A cross-case comparison finds that Germany, promoter of multilateralism, has the least in common with the other countries. The Philippines is a typical straggler, which does not emphasize international norms, but utilizes them to serve its preferences. The USA and Indonesia have most commonalities with their high regard for state sovereignty. However, the USA as a declining hegemon actively engages in the management of the system, while Indonesia takes halfhearted actions regarding human rights only if it has to. In general, the case of the ICC shows that normative binding is a useful tool to promote new norms and unilateralist power politics do not grant the legitimacy that is required to claim global leadership in the field of human rights.
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Huikuri, S. (2019). Conclusion. In: The Institutionalization of the International Criminal Court. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95585-8_9
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