This is muddying the issue. Chirac took responsibility for Vel d'hiv in '95 (53 years after). Macron for Audin in '18 (61 years after). ICC didn't exist until 2002, and had nothing to do with Macron's statement, which was clearly a function of time, not the ICC.
If in 2069 the United States "takes responsibility" for "the Bush torture," it will be an equivalent gesture. The ICC did not compel Macron's recognition, the deaths of anyone powerful enough to object did.
Macron's statement can be likened to this: feinstein.senate.gov/public/_cache/…. In neither case was the ICC relevant.
It would be better to make a strong and principled case for the ICC, not an irrelevant analogy.
