20 years, billions of dollars, and little progress at the International Criminal Court while the US weighs penalties.

Given the court’s history since its establishment, several scholars have questioned the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) usefulness as the United States considers imposing sanctions against it in response to possible arrest warrants for Israeli officials.

Orde Kittrie, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and a law professor at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, told News, “[The ICC] has been around for over two decades, [but] it has less than 10 successful prosecutions.” More than $2 billion has been spent. It hasn’t really worked at all.”

Thirteen cases have come before the ICC as of July 2022; of those, ten had been found guilty and four had been found not guilty. 37 arrest warrants have been issued by the court; 21 people have been taken into custody, and 12 are still at large.