Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§288f Applicability of Reciprocity Laws

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

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

International organizations and their staff and family must get the special legal protections and exemptions listed here, even if a foreign government only gives similar treatment back in return. The Secretary of State can remove those protections for people from any country that refuses to give U.S. citizens the same treatment.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §288f

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The privileges, exemptions, and immunities of international organizations and of their officers and employees, and members of their families, suites, and servants, provided for in this subchapter, shall be granted notwithstanding the fact that the similar privileges, exemptions, and immunities granted to a foreign government, its officers, or employees, may be conditioned upon the existence of reciprocity by that foreign government: Provided, That nothing contained in this subchapter shall be construed as precluding the Secretary of State from withdrawing the privileges, exemptions, and immunities provided in this subchapter from persons who are nationals of any foreign country on the ground that such country is failing to accord corresponding privileges, exemptions, and immunities to citizens of the United States.

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References in Text

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

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60