Posted on 12/30/2003 8:08:32 PM PST by Indy Pendance
CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush (news - web sites) announced agreements with another four countries to exempt Americans from prosecution by the International Criminal Court, which it staunchly opposes.
The 1998 Rome Statute establishing the International Criminal Court has been ratified by 90 countries, but the court faces opposition from the United States. Bush administration officials fear that Americans, particularly soldiers abroad, could fall victim to politically motivated prosecutions.
The Bush administration has signed bilateral treaties with more than three dozen countries that have agreed not to hand over American citizens to the court.
The latest, according to a statement released by the White House on Tuesday, are Belize, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Panama, and Fiji.
Non-governmental organizations have complained that the United States has pushed countries into signing the deals by saying it will otherwise withhold humanitarian aid or military support or even by blocking NATO (news - web sites) membership.
That is called Diplomacy.
So9
Or [to the whiners] lifes just a _itch.
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ICC Member States |
Waived permanently: Afghanistan Albania Antigua & Barbuda Bosnia & Herzegovina Botswana Colombia Djibouti DR Congo East Timor Gabon Gambia Georgia (Reciprocal) Ghana Honduras Malawi Mauritius Mongolia (Unconfirmed) Nigeria (Unconfirmed) Senegal Sierra Leone (Reciprocal) Tajikistan (Reciprocal) Uganda (Reciprocal) Zambia |
Andorra (no aid) Australia – EXEMPT Belize ($400,000) Benin ($500,000) Bulgaria – Partially waived Central Africa Republic ($150,000) Cyprus (no aid) Eastern Caribbean (Barbados, Dominica, and Saint Vincent & the Grenadines) (up to $2.7 million) Ecuador ($15.65 million) Finland (no aid) Lesotho ($125,000) Liechtenstein (no aid) Malta ($1.25 million) New Zealand - EXEMPT Niger ($200,000) Rep. Of Korea – EXEMPT Samoa ($150,000) San Marino (no aid) Serbia & Montenegro ($500,000) Slovakia – Partially waived Uruguay ($1.45 million) |
Argentina - EXEMPT Austria (no aid) Belgium – EXEMPT Brazil – ($500,000) Canada - EXEMPT Costa Rica ($400,000) Croatia ($5.8 million) Denmark – EXEMPT Estonia – Partially waived France – EXEMPT Germany – EXEMPT Greece - EXEMPT Ireland (no aid) Italy – EXEMPT Jordan - EXEMPT Latvia – Partially waived Lithuania – Partially waived Luxemburg – EXEMPT Mali ($250,000) Namibia ($225,000) Netherlands – EXEMPT Paraguay ($300,000) Peru ($2.7 million) Portugal – EXEMPT Slovenia – Partially waived South Africa ($7.6 million) Spain – EXEMPT Sweden (no aid) Switzerland (no aid) Tanzania ($230,000) Trinidad &Tobago ($450,000) United Kingdom – EXEMPT Venezuela ($700,000) |
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Waived until January 1, 2004: Bolivia FYR Macedonia Panama |
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Waived until March 24, 2004: Guinea (Unconfirmed) |
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Waived until May 1, 2003: Romania |
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No Waiver: Cambodia Fiji Marshall Islands Nauru |
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Non-ICC Member States |
Azerbaijan (Reciprocal) Bahrain - EXEMPT Bangladesh (Reciprocal) Bhutan Dominican Republic Egypt – EXEMPT (Unconfirmed) El Salvador India (Reciprocal) Israel (Reciprocal) Ivory Coast Kazakhstan Liberia (no aid) Madagascar Maldives Mauritania Micronesia Mozambique (Unconfirmed) Nepal (Reciprocal) Nicaragua Pakistan Palau Philippines - EXEMPT (Reciprocal) Rwanda (Reciprocal) Seychelles Islands (Unconfirmed) Solomon Islands Sri Lanka (Reciprocal) Thailand Togo Tonga Tunisia (Unconfirmed) Tuvalu Uzbekistan |
Of note: Japan - EXEMPT Mexico Bahamas |
Thank God we finally got all four of these guys on board.
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