The International Criminal Court (ICC), which became operational in 2002, represented a major breakthrough for the human rights groups that had campaigned for it. The new organization had the mandate to prosecute individuals for genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and, after 2018, the crime of aggression. But the governments of major nations -- especially the United States, Russia, and Israel -- deeply resent the ICC's actions against their officials. And, consequently, they have launched a concerted campaign to destroy it.