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Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law [MPEiPro]

Bilateral Immunity Agreements

Eszter Kirs

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Encyclopedia entries
Product:
Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law [MPIL]

Module:
Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law [MPEiPro]
Article last updated:
January 2019

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 20 September 2024

Subject(s):
Immunity from jurisdiction — Extradition and mutual assistance — International crimes — Obligation to prosecute — Conflict of laws — Object & purpose (treaty interpretation and)

Published under the direction of Hélène Ruiz Fabri, with the support of the Department of International Law and Dispute Resolution, under the auspices of the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law.

1 The Bilateral Immunity Agreements (‘BIAs’), also known as Bilateral Non-Surrender Agreements, concluded by the United States of America (‘US’) with more than 100 States aim at hampering the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in cases of US nationals when they are arrested in a foreign state based on the suspicion of the commission of international crimes, such as genocide, war crimes, or crimes against humanity. The campaign for BIAs was launched by the administration of President George W. Bush in the framework of a series of measures aiming...
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