Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§288f–7 Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the International Civilian Office in Kosovo; extension of privileges, exemptions, and immunities

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XVIII— - PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS › § 288f–7

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Lets the U.S. extend the same benefits, protections, and legal treatment to the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina and to the International Civilian Office in Kosovo, and to their officers and employees, that it gives to other international organizations it joins by treaty or by a law of Congress (including when Congress approves or pays for participation). Those same benefits and protections can continue to apply to those offices and their staff even after an office has been dissolved.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §288f–7

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The provisions of this subchapter may be extended to the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina (and to its officers and employees) or the International Civilian Office in Kosovo (and to its officers and employees) in the same manner, to the same extent, and subject to the same conditions, as such provisions may be extended to a public international organization in which the United States participates pursuant to any treaty or under the authority of any Act of Congress authorizing such participation or making an appropriation for such participation. Any such extension may provide for the provisions of this subchapter to continue to extend to the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina (and to its officers and employees) or the International Civilian Office in Kosovo (and to its officers and employees) after that Office has been dissolved.

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This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this title”, meaning title I of act Dec. 29, 1945, ch. 652, 59 Stat. 669, which is classified principally to this subchapter. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 288 of this title and Tables.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 288f–7

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73