The Republican-controlled US Congress has stepped up its campaign to curtail the power of the International Criminal Court by threatening to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in economic aid to governments that refuse to sign immunity accords that shield US personnel from being surrendered to the tribunal.
The move marks an escalation in US efforts to ensure that the first world criminal court can never judge US citizens for crimes committed overseas.
More than two years ago Congress passed the American Servicemembers' Protection Act, which cut millions of dollars in military assistance to many countries that would not sign the Article 98 agreements, as they are known, that undertake not to transfer to the court US nationals accused of war crimes.
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http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Aid-threatened-as-US-fights-war-crimes-court/2004/11/26/1101219749088.html?oneclick=true
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