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Israel and US Sign Agreement regarding Extradition to the ICC
(Communicated by the Foreign Ministry Spokesperson)
Jerusalem, 4 August 2002
Today (August 4), Israeli Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of
Foreign Affairs, Shimon Peres, and US Undersecretary of State for
Arms Control and International Security, John Bolton, signed an
Agreement regarding the Surrender of Persons to the International
Criminal Court (ICC), in the Hague.
According to the agreement, each of the states will neither
extradite, transfer or surrender any citizens of the other state to
the Court, or to a third country which may surrender them to the
Court.
It should be noted that this agreement is consistent with Article 98
of the ICC's Statute which establishes, among other things, that a
state may refuse to surrender an individual to the Court if such a
surrender is inconsistent with the international obligations of the
surrendering state.
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