22 U.S.C. § 7427 — Authority to free members of the Armed Forces of the United States and certain other persons detained or imprisoned by or on behalf of the International Criminal Court
submitted 24 years ago by Pub. L. 107-206 to r/title-22-FOREIGN-RELATIONS-AND-INTERCOURSE · 271 words · no verdicts yet
The President may use necessary and appropriate means to obtain the release of people detained or imprisoned by or for the International Criminal Court. The President may also direct U.S. agencies to provide legal assistance and evidence, but this authority does not permit bribes.
(a) Authority. The President may use all necessary and appropriate means to release a person described in subsection (b) who the ICC, someone acting for it, or someone acting at its request is detaining or imprisoning.
(b) Covered people. This authority covers: (1) covered United States persons*; (2) covered allied persons*; and (3) people detained or imprisoned for official actions taken while they were covered U.S. or allied persons, if, for an allied person, the allied government requested the action.
(c) Legal assistance. When the ICC or someone acting for it or at its request arrests, detains, investigates, prosecutes, or imprisons such a person, the President may direct any U.S. Government agency to provide: (1) legal representation and other legal help, including the assistance required by section 1037 of title 10; (2) evidence favorable to the person; and (3) defense of U.S. interests before the ICC under Rome Statute* Article 18 or 19, or before another country’s courts or tribunals.
(d) No bribes. This section does not authorize bribes or similar incentives to obtain release.
The President is authorized to use all means necessary and appropriate to bring about the release of any person described in subsection (b) who is being detained or imprisoned by, on behalf of, or at the request of the International Criminal Court*.
The authority of subsection (a) shall extend to the following persons:
Covered United States persons*.
Covered allied persons*.
Individuals detained or imprisoned for official actions taken while the individual was a covered United States person or a covered allied person, and in the case of a covered allied person, upon the request of such government.
When any person described in subsection (b) is arrested, detained, investigated, prosecuted, or imprisoned by, on behalf of, or at the request of the International Criminal Court, the President is authorized to direct any agency of the United States Government to provide—
legal representation and other legal assistance to that person (including, in the case of a person entitled to assistance under section 1037 of title 10, representation and other assistance in the manner provided in that section);
exculpatory evidence on behalf of that person; and
defense of the interests of the United States through appearance before the International Criminal Court pursuant to Article 18 or 19 of the Rome Statute*, or before the courts or tribunals of any country.
This section does not authorize the payment of bribes or the provision of other such incentives to induce the release of a person described in subsection (b).
Source credit: (Pub. L. 107–206, title II, § 2008, Aug. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 905.)
- 2002Enacted · Pub. L. 107-206 · 116 Stat. 905
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