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U.S. Efforts to Secure Immunity from ICC for U.S. Nationals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 97 , Issue 3 , July 2003 , pp. 710 - 711
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2003

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References

1 2002 Supplemental Appropriations Act for Further Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United States, Pub. L. No. 107–206, §§2001–2015, 116 Stat. 820 (2002) [hereinafter ASPA].

2 ASPA §2005.

3 The prohibition on military assistance does not apply to states that are members of NATO or are a major non-NATO ally, nor does it apply to Taiwan. Further, the president may waive the prohibition with respect to a particular state in the national interests of the United States.

4 ASPA §2007.

5 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Art. 16, UN Doc. A/CONF.183/9 (July 17,1998), reprinted in 37 ILM 999,1012 (1998).The Rome Statute is available online at the Court’s bilingual (English/French) Website, <http://www.icc-cpi.int>.

6 SC Res. 1422, para. 1 (July 12, 2002). For background, see Sean D. Murphy, Contemporary Practice of the United States, 96 AJIL 725 (2002).

7 See Lynch, Colum, U.S. Confronts EU on War Crimes Court, Wash. Post, June 10, 2003, at A17 Google Scholar; Lynch, Colum, U.S. Presses U.N. to Extend War Crimes Court Exemption, Wash. Post, June 7, 2003, at A16.Google Scholar

8 UN Doc. S/PV.4772 (June 12, 2003).

9 Id. at 2–3.

10 Id. at 3–5 (Canada), 5–6 (New Zealand), 7 ( Switzerland), 7–8 (Liechtenstein), 8–9 (Greece on behalf of the European Union), 10 (Iran), 10–11 (Uruguay), 11–13 (Malawi), 13 (Brazil), 13–14 (Peru on behalf of the Rio Group), 14–15 (Trinidad and Tobago), 15–16 (Argentina), 16–17 (South Africa), 17–18 (Nigeria), 18–20 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), 20 (Netherlands).

11 SC Res. 1487 (June 12, 2003).

12 UN Doc. S/PV.4772, at 23.

13 Such bilateral agreements appear to be permitted under Article 98(2) of the Rome Statute. For background, see Sean D. Murphy, Contemporary Practice of the United States, 97 AJIL 200 (2003).

14 The countries are Afghanistan, Albania, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bolivia, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, El Salvador, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Honduras, India, Israel, Madagascar, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Micronesia, Nauru, Nepal, Palau, Philippines, Romania, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, and Uzbekistan.

15 See U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release on Countries Who Have Signed Article 98 Agreements with the United States (June 12, 2003), at <http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2003/21539pf.htm>.

16 See Becker, Elizabedi, U.S. Suspends Aid to 35 Countries over New International Court, N.Y. Times, July 2, 2003, at A8 Google Scholar (reporting that $47.6 million in aid and $613,000 in military education programs were affected); Presidential Determination No. 2003–27 (July 1, 2003), at <http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/07/print/20030701.html>.