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Amnesty for U.S. citizens boosted
Washington Times ^ | Thursday, October 9, 2003 | By Betsy Pisik

Posted on 10/08/2003 11:59:20 PM PDT by JohnHuang2

Edited on 07/12/2004 4:09:07 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

NEW YORK — The Bush administration has negotiated agreements protecting Americans from prosecution by the International Criminal Court with more than five dozen nations, knitting together a partial shield to protect U.S. citizens from politically motivated prosecutions.

As of this week, 68 governments have signed treaties with the United States promising not to surrender American soldiers, lawmakers or civilians to the court's jurisdiction. About half of these countries are parties to the ICC.


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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: amnesty; hagueicc; icc
Thursday, October 9, 2003

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