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American Service-Members' Protection Act

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The American Service-Members' Protection Act (ASPA, Title 2 of) is a United States federal law that aims "to protect United States military personnel and other elected and appointed officials of the United States government against criminal prosecution by an international criminal court to which the United States is not party." Introduced by U.S. Senator Jesse Helms (R-NC) and U.S. Representative Tom DeLay (R-TX) it was an amendment to the 2002 Supplemental Appropriations Act for Further Recovery From and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United States (H.R. 4775). [1]

15 relations: ASPA, Command responsibility, Enhanced interrogation techniques, Farah Karimi, Foreign policy of the George W. Bush administration, Human rights in the United States, International Criminal Court, Jesse Helms, Netherlands–United States relations, States parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Trinidad and Tobago–United States relations, United States and the International Criminal Court, United States war crimes, War crime, War Crimes Law (Belgium).

ASPA

ASPA may refer to.

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Command responsibility

Command responsibility, sometimes referred to as the Yamashita standard or the Medina standard, and also known as superior responsibility, is the legal doctrine of hierarchical accountability for war crimes.

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Enhanced interrogation techniques

"Enhanced interrogation techniques" or "enhanced interrogation" is a euphemism for the U.S. government's program of systematic torture of detainees by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), and various components of the U.S. Armed Forces at black sites around the world, including Bagram, Guantanamo Bay, and Abu Ghraib, authorized by officials of the George W. Bush administration.

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Farah Karimi

Farahnaz "Farah" Karimi (فرح کريمی; born 15 November 1960) is an Iranian-Dutch politician.

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Foreign policy of the George W. Bush administration

During his campaign for election as President of the United States, George W. Bush's foreign policy platform included support for a stronger economic and political relationship with Latin America, especially Mexico, and a reduction of involvement in "nation building" and other small-scale military engagements.

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Human rights in the United States

Human rights in the United States comprise and very focused of a series of rights which are legally protected by the Constitution of the United States, including the amendments, state constitutions, conferred by treaty and customary international law, and enacted legislatively through Congress, state legislatures, and state referenda and citizen's initiatives.

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International Criminal Court

The International Criminal Court (ICC or ICCt) is an intergovernmental organization and international tribunal that sits in The Hague in the Netherlands.

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Jesse Helms

Jesse Alexander Helms Jr. (October 18, 1921 – July 4, 2008) was an American politician and a leader in the conservative movement.

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Netherlands–United States relations

Netherlands–United States relations are bilateral relations between the Netherlands and the United States.

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States parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

The states parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court are those sovereign states that have ratified, or have otherwise become party to, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.

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Trinidad and Tobago–United States relations

Trinidad and Tobago – United States relations are bilateral relations between Trinidad and Tobago and the United States.

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United States and the International Criminal Court

The United States is not a State Party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Rome Statute), which founded the International Criminal Court (ICC) in 2002 as a permanent international criminal court to "bring to justice the perpetrators of the worst crimes known to humankind – war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide", when national courts are unable or unwilling to do so.

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United States war crimes

United States war crimes are the violations of the laws and customs of war of which the United States Armed Forces are accused of committing since the signing of the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907.

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War crime

A war crime is an act that constitutes a serious violation of the laws of war that gives rise to individual criminal responsibility.

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War Crimes Law (Belgium)

Belgium's War Crimes Law invokes the concept of universal jurisdiction to allow anyone to bring war crime charges in Belgian courts, regardless of where the alleged crimes have taken place.

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American Servicemembers Protection Act, American Servicemembers' Protection Act, American Servicemen's Protection Act, Hague Invasion Act, Invade the Hague Act, Invasion of the Hague Act, Netherlands invasion act, Servicemen Protection Act, Servicemen's Protection Act, The Hague Invasion Act.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Service-Members'_Protection_Act

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