1、1For more information on the ICC, see CRS Report RL31495, U.S. Policy Regarding theInternational Criminal Court.Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS21612Updated November 25, 2003East Central Europe: Status of Internati
2、onalCriminal Court (ICC) Exemption Agreementsand U.S. Military Assistancename redactedSpecialist in International RelationsForeign Affairs, Defense, and Trade DivisionSummaryIn a broad effort to obtain U.S. exemptions from International Criminal Court(ICC)jurisdiction,theBushAdministrationhassoughtt
3、oconcludebilateralagreementsworldwide that would prohibit the transfer of U.S. citizens to the ICC. The EuropeanUnionhasstronglypromotedtheICCandisopposedtotheU.S.-proposedagreements.This report addresses twelve countries of east central Europe affected by the U.S. andEuropean policies Albania, Bosn
4、ia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Latvia,Lithuania, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia andMontenegro, Slovakia, and Slovenia and the status of their varied approaches to thetransatlantic disagreement over the ICC. Many in this group are in the process ofjoining NATO
