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Protecting the Elite from the ICC. (Insider Report).
In a review of Henry Kissinger's critique of the UN's International Criminal Court (ICC), THE NEW AMERICAN predicted that America's political Establishment would seek an arrangement with the ICC through which "well connected members of the Power Elite--such as Kissinger himself, for instance--might enjoy immunity from prosecution and imprisonment." (See "Kissinger on the ICC" in our August 13, 2001 issue.) A high-ranking Bush administration official has admitted that this concern is a "principal motive" for its opposition to the ICC--even citing Kissinger as a specific example.
"If you're Henry Kissinger and every time you to go this European country or that European country you have to worry if you're going to be served with a subpoena, it has an effect," Under Secretary of State John Bolton told the Associated Press. In a November 14th speech to the Federalist Society, Bolton explained that although the Bush administration opposes the ICC in its present form, it supports "ad hoc tribunals ... overseen by the UN Security Council [and] under a UN Charter ...
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- Magazine article from: The Humanist Lamont, Beth K. November 1, 2003 700+ words
...of and preparation for the ICC. The United States was an initiator of the Nuremburg...for the creation of the ICC, the United States wasn't in agreement with...they were charged by the ICC. The United States has even punished reluctant...
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- Magazine article from: Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law El Zeidy, Mohamed M. November 1, 2002 700+ words
...lawsuits under the ICC Statute. (2...outset, the United States requested that...8) Upon the ICC Statute's enactment...2002, the United States chose not to...trial before the ICC (9) even though the United States was not a party...
- United States postpones adoption of UN resolution to protect humanitarian...
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire August 26, 2003 700+ words
...NGO Coalition for the ICC: United States postpones adoption of...humanitarian personnel over ICC stance; U.S. delays...negotiations, opposes ICC reference(C)1994...08252003 New York -- The United States today postponed the adoption...
- SilverPlatter adds new CD-ROM titles. (SilverPlatter Information Inc.; ICC Key...
- Magazine article from: Information Today May 1, 1992 700+ words
...product line. ICC Key Notes on CD...Gazetter of the United States of America has...million places in the United States. The types of...Gazetteer of the United States of America is publised...and Canada. ICC Key Notes on SilverPlatter...
- ICC TECHNOLOGIES RECEIVES ORDERS FOR TWO MORE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS FOR...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 1, 1993 700+ words
...April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- ICC Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ...commissaries at military bases in the United States and abroad. This contract follows...Patrick AFB, Florida, which was ICC's first sale to the U.S...We have been advised that ICC's patented air delivery system...
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- Newspaper article from: Advanced Materials & Composites News October 20, 2003 700+ words
...strengthening system to qualify for an ICC-ES/ICBO evaluation report...Edge national recognition. ICC-ES is a nonprofit organization...methods, and materials. The ICC-ES evaluation reports provide...that on July 29, 2003, the United States Patent and Trademark Office...
- United States has persuaded two individual states parties to Statute of...
- Newspaper article from: International Law Update August 1, 2002 700+ words
The United States is asking various nations which...International Criminal Court (ICC) to enter into bilateral agreements...over American citizens to the ICC for prosecution without U...political purposes only, ask the ICC to prosecute U. S. peacekeepers...
- Secretary-General says United States decission not to seek Security Council...
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire June 24, 2004 700+ words
...2004-UN: Secretary-General says United States decission not to seek Security Council resolution on ICC will help maintain council unity(C...He believes that the decision by the United States not to pursue a resolution on this matter...