[20220328]IF12068_美国国民和外国兵役.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov March 28, 2022U.S. Nationals and Foreign Military ServiceBackground International law grants rights to and imposes duties upon a neutral state during an armed conflict between belligerent nations. One of these duties is that neutral states shall not furnish troops to belligerent states, except this duty does not include independent actions by a neutral states citizens. A states neutrality is usually unaffected if its citizens willingly serve in a belligerent states armed forces. International law permits such service, but a states internal law may prohibit it. U.S. nationals (including both citizens and other persons owing allegiance to the United States (8 U.S.C. 1101) have performed foreign military service at various times since 1788. This In Focus examines the laws governing U.S. national foreign military service during armed conflicts. Neutrality Act of 1794 The principle that a state may lose its claim to neutral status if it fails to prevent in its territory a belligerent states troop recruitment or military expeditions is a contribution to international law originally posited by the United States in 1793 through George Washington and Thomas J