Among the global initiatives being warmly embraced by the new administration is the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court that could, literally, put the United States on trial, one American at a time.

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It calls for those responsible for war crimes to be brought to justice, but only the UN Security Council can refer a country to the International Criminal Court (ICC) if it is not party to the Rome Statute, and the Security Council remains divided, the BBC's Imogen Foulkes in Geneva says.

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In one of his last official acts as President, Bill Clinton signed the so-called "Rome Statute" creating an International Criminal Court (ICC).

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