Jurisdiction and the ICC

The Hague Prosecutor announced last week that she would request permission from the ICC to pursue charges for crimes committed in relation to the conflict in Afghanistan - which would within its scope the conduct of US forces in Afghanistan, as well as the conduct of the CIA at "Dark Sites" interrogating persons captured in Afghanistan. Consider how jurisdiction is being exercised here, against the US, even though the US is not a party to the Rome Statute (the ICC treaty).

[Update - here is another good analysis of the situation from a European perspective]