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      "id": 102616,
      "date": "2003-11-25",
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      "title": "East Central Europe: Status of International Criminal Court (ICC) Exemption Agreements and U.S. Military Assistance",
      "summary": "In a broad effort to obtain U.S. exemptions from International Criminal Court (ICC) jurisdiction,\nthe\nBush Administration has sought to conclude bilateral agreements worldwide that would prohibit the\ntransfer of U.S. citizens to the ICC. The European Union has strongly promoted the ICC and is\nopposed to the U.S.- proposed agreements. This report addresses twelve countries of east central\nEurope affected by the U.S. and European policies -- Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria,\nCroatia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia\nand Montenegro, Slovakia, and Slovenia -- and the status of their varied approaches to the\ntransatlantic disagreement over the ICC. Many in this group are in the process of joining NATO and\nthe European Union by mid-2004. Legislative prohibitions on U.S. military assistance to non-allied\nICC parties went into effect in July 2003. However, President Bush has partially waived the\nprohibition\u2019s application to seven countries set to join NATO in 2004. For additional\ninformation,\nsee  CRS Report RL31495(pdf) ,  U.S. Policy Regarding the International Criminal Court.  This\nreport may\nbe updated as necessary.",
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