§7402 Prohibition on Extradition or Transfer of United States Citizens to the International Criminal Court

Summary

The government cannot use federal money to send a U.S. citizen to a country that must hand people over to the International Criminal Court unless that country tells the United States it will not turn the person over to the Court or gives other promises the U.S. accepts. The same rule stops the government from approving a foreign country’s plan to send a U.S. citizen to a third country that is under an obligation to surrender people to the Court, unless that third country gives the same kind of assurance. International Criminal Court — the international court named in U.S. law.