I don't know how many Americans are aware of this, but the US government has been refusing to allow it's peacekeeping troops deployed throught he UN, to be held to the same legal standards of the newly created International Criminal Court.

Yesterday, it was announced that US would drop it's UN Security Council resolution seeking to extend the exemption for it's troops from prosecution for war crimes under the jurisdiction of the ICC, because it was obvious there was literally NO support for the resolution in the wake of the torture scandal. After a closed door meeting where it became clear the US had little support, rather than face a humiliating defeat at the UN, the US decided to withdraw it's resolution.

CNN reports U.S. ends war crimes exemption bid