United Nations Security Council Resolution 1487
- United Nations Security Council Resolution 1487
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1487 was adopted by the United Nations Security Council on June 12 2003.[United Nations, 12 June 2003. " [http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/sc7789.doc.htm Security Council requests one-year extension of UN peacekeeper immunity from International Criminal Court] " (press release, including full text of Resolution 1487). Accessed 5 August 2007.] It renewed Resolution 1422, granting immunity from prosecution by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to United Nations peacekeeping personnel from countries that were not party to the ICC.]The resolution was passed at the insistence of the United States, which had threatened to veto the renewal of all United Nations peacekeeping missions unless its citizens were shielded from prosecution by the ICC.[Human Rights Watch, " [http://hrw.org/campaigns/icc/docs/1422legal.htm The ICC and the Security Council: Resolution 1422] ". Accessed 5 August 2007.] ]Resolution 1487 came into effect on 1 July 2003 for a period of one year. The Security Council refused to renew the exemption again in 2004 after pictures emerged of US troops abusing Iraqi prisoners in Abu Ghraib, and the US withdrew its demand.[BBC News, 20 March 2006. " [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3834237.stm Q&A: International Criminal Court] ". Accessed 5 August 2007.] ]Text of the resolution
Resolution 1487 requests "that the ICC, if a case arises involving current or former officials or personnel from a contributing State not a Party to the Rome Statute over acts or omissions relating to a United Nations established or authorized operation, shall for a twelve-month period starting 1 July 2003 not commence or proceed with investigation or prosecution of any such case, unless the Security Council decides otherwise".ee also
*United States and the International Criminal Court
*American Servicemembers' Protection Act
References
External links
* [http://www.iccnow.org/?mod=res1422 Coalition for the ICC] — collection of documents critical of Resolutions 1422 and 1487
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